Your Instagram photos may reveal more about loneliness than you think
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Some say that Instagram and social networks in general are a place to publish only happy things and a false side of life, but it is not what a new research from the University of California in San Diego, published in the journal npj Mental Health Research, says. According to the study there are different types of loneliness and can be detected through different behavior patterns on Instagram.
Your Instagram photos may reveal more about loneliness than you think
Researchers analyzing Instagram data from 415 US college students found that photographs, language, and online activity provided moderately useful indicators of subjective loneliness but were less informative about social isolation. Social loneliness was associated with lower interpersonal engagement, while emotional loneliness was linked to negative language, sad or angry facial expressions in profile photographs, and late-night posting.
Like, comments, post times and photos: according to a Californian study of 415 university students, the way we use Instagram can indicate how lonely we feel. But the algorithm only captures a part of reality
Instagram is one of the world's largest social media platforms, with billions of active users worldwide every month. Many people use this platform to make friends and share snippets of their lives. Recent research has found that usage patterns on the platform can indicate whether a user experiences loneliness.
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