Is Social Media like an Onion?: Exploring the Social Penetration Theory as an Explanation for Viral Responses to Intimate Self-Disclosures

Authors

Kristina M. Kays, George Fox UniversityFollow
Rebekah E. Miles, George Fox UniversityFollow
Christopher J. Koch, George Fox UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

3-2016

Abstract

A recent public FB post about a personal experience with depression went viral within a week. Within a week this post was reposted on numerous media outlets, and shared by others nearly 500,000 times. This post skipped to the third, affective stage, of the Social Penetration Theory.

Comments

Poster originally presented at the 2016 CAPS International conference in Pasadena, CA.

Recommended Citation

Kays, Kristina M.; Miles, Rebekah E.; and Koch, Christopher J., "Is Social Media like an Onion?: Exploring the Social Penetration Theory as an Explanation for Viral Responses to Intimate Self-Disclosures" (2016). Faculty Publications - Psychology Department. 49.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/psyc_fac/49