Darker Side of Social Media

Angeline Close Scheinbaum (Ph.D., The University of Georgia) is the Dan Duncan Endowed Professor of Sports Marketing and Associate Professor of Marketing at Clemson University, South Carolina, in the Wilbur O. & Ann Powers College of Business. She is an author of Advertising & Integrated Brand Promotion (2022), editor of The Dark Side of Social Media: A Consumer Psychology Perspective (2018), editor of Online Consumer Behavior: Theory and Research in Social Media, Advertising and E-tail (2012), and co-editor of Consumer Behavior Knowledge for Effective Sports and Event Marketing (2011).

• PART 1 Mental Health and Dire Consequences: Addiction, Cyberbullying, Depression, Self-Harm, and Social Media; 1 The Darker Side of Social Media for Consumer Psychology and Mental Health: A Framework and Research Directions; 2 Compulsive Social Media Use and Disconnection Anxiety: Predictors and Markers of Compulsive and Addictive Social Media Consumption; PART 2 Social Media–Fueled Fear and Anxiety: Social Media News and the Dark Web; 3 How Does Fear Drive the News of the Day?: Examining Topic Salience During Trump’s Transition of Power; 4 The Dark Web: Dark Personality Traits of Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy and Exploiting Stock Markets; PART 3 Social Media Self-Discrepancies and Unhealthy Self-Comparisons; 5 In the Mirror, Darkly: Negative Effects of Social Media on Self-Discrepancy and Consumer Well-Being; 6 The Dark Side of Instagram of Food: The Duality of Food-Related Social Media Posting; PART 4 Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, and Vulnerable Children on Social Media; 7 The Dark Side of Consumer Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence; 8 Examining the Issues of Social Media, Children, and Privacy: A Case Study

“The list of troubling consequences associated with social media misuse (and abuse) has expanded, and their severity has grown. In response, Angeline Scheinbaum has assembled this new, and all together darker, compilation of chapters that aims to identify, understand, illuminate, and address the negative effects of social media, particularly on consumer well-being and mental health. Given the expanding nature of problems that are exacerbated through social media presence and usage, the book’s focus on finding actionable solutions to these challenges is both valuable and timely.”-John Hulland, Professor, Department of Marketing, University of Georgia