Inside Out and Outside in: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Self-Disclosure on Social Media
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2020
Abstract
As social distancing and lockdown orders grew more pervasive, individuals increasingly turned to social media for support, entertainment, and connection to others. We posit that global health emergencies - specifically, the COVID-19 pandemic - change how and what individuals self-disclose on social media. We argue that IS research needs to consider how privacy (self-focused) and social (other-focused) calculus have moved some issues outside in (caused by a shift in what is considered socially appropriate) and others inside out (caused by a shift in what information should be shared for the public good). We identify a series of directions for future research that hold potential for furthering our understanding of online self-disclosure and its factors during health emergencies.
Publication Information
Nabity-Grover, Teagen; Cheung, Christy M.K.; and Thatcher, Jason Bennett. (2020). "Inside Out and Outside in: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Self-Disclosure on Social Media". International Journal of Information Management, 55, 102188. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102188