Reality Television as a Model for Online Behavior: Blogging, Photo, and Video Sharing Export

@article{citeulike:5433481, abstract = {This research explores traditional mass media as an antecedent to nondirected self-disclosure online. New Internet-based tools allow users to communicate with global audiences, and to make intimate personal information available to this audience. At the same time, a culture that rewards the public performance of private thoughts and emotions is increasingly evident in "reality" television (RTV) programming. This study used survey data to examine RTV consumption, authoritarianism, and users' offline social context as potential antecedents for nondirected self-disclosure via blogs, online photo sharing, and online video sharing. RTV consumption correlated with blogging and video sharing, but not photo sharing. Social support network size was a significant correlate of photo sharing, indicating that photo sharing may be a more relational activity.}, address = {Assistant Professor, Department of Communication 359 Baldy Hall State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260; Department of Communication State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260}, author = {Stefanone, Michael A. and Lackaff, Derek}, citeulike-article-id = {5433481}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01477.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122530872/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01477.x}, issn = {1083-6101}, journal = {Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication}, keywords = {blog, media-sharing, rtv, self-disclosure}, number = {4}, pages = {964--987}, posted-at = {2009-08-13 22:19:01}, priority = {2}, title = {Reality Television as a Model for Online Behavior: Blogging, Photo, and Video Sharing}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01477.x}, volume = {14}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5433481 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5433481 N2 - This research explores traditional mass media as an antecedent to nondirected self-disclosure online. New Internet-based tools allow users to communicate with global audiences, and to make intimate personal information available to this audience. At the same time, a culture that rewards the public performance of private thoughts and emotions is increasingly evident in "reality" television (RTV) programming. This study used survey data to examine RTV consumption, authoritarianism, and users' offline social context as potential antecedents for nondirected self-disclosure via blogs, online photo sharing, and online video sharing. RTV consumption correlated with blogging and video sharing, but not photo sharing. Social support network size was a significant correlate of photo sharing, indicating that photo sharing may be a more relational activity. IS - 4 JF - Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication SN - 1083-6101 AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Communication 359 Baldy Hall State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260; Department of Communication State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260 EP - 987 TI - Reality Television as a Model for Online Behavior: Blogging, Photo, and Video Sharing VL - 14 SP - 964 KW - blog KW - media-sharing KW - rtv KW - self-disclosure AU - Stefanone, Michael AU - Lackaff, Derek PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01477.x ER -