@inproceedings{357737450f2344b6a693558d91305dfd,
title = "Thanks for the invite: Examining attention to social exclusion signals online",
abstract = "Social media provides users with public and persistent transcripts of conversations between their friends. Although often unintentional, these records can be interpreted as social exclusion signals. This study randomly assigned 163 participants to one of two conditions where they were exposed to hypothetical written scenarios describing conversations between their friends in which they were excluded or included. Results suggest that individuals in the excluded condition experienced more negative and less positive affect than those in the included condition. Further, we found that network monitoring—a multidimensional construct assessing individual differences in cognitive resources dedicated towards understanding one{\textquoteright}s social network—affected individuals{\textquoteright} emotional responses to the stimuli. Specifically, network social awareness and advantage were significant predictors of negative affect in the excluded condition. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical and practical implications.",
keywords = "Emotion, Social Media, Social exclusion",
author = "Covert, \{Jessica M.\} and Stefanone, \{Michael A.\} and Brooke Foucault-Welles and Zhiying Yue and Zena Toh",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Association for Computing Machinery.; 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, SMSociety 2018 ; Conference date: 18-07-2018 Through 20-07-2018",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1145/3217804.3217897",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781450363341",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "51--63",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, SMSociety 2018",
address = "United States",
}