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Former member of staff [2014-01-01 - 2017-12-31]

Ruoyun Lin

Former Projects

Redefining tie strength – how social media (can) help us to get non-redundant useful information and emotional support

Articles in refereed Journals

Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2017). Self-disclosure on SNS: Do disclosure intimacy and narrativity influence interpersonal closeness and social attraction? Computers in Human Behavior, 70, 426-436. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.01.012 Open Access
 

Al-Saggaf, Y., Utz, S., & Lin, R. (2016). Venting negative emotions on Twitter and the number of followers and followees. International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development, 8, 45-56. https://dx.doi.org/10.4018/IJSKD.2016010103
 

Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2015). The emotional responses of browsing facebook: Happiness, envy, and the role of tie strength. Computers in Human Behavior, 52, 29-38. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.064 request document
 

Special Issues and Sections

Lin, R., Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (2016). Ambient intimacy on Twitter.. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 10(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2016-1-6
 

Proceedings

Jenkins, L., Lin, R., & Jeske, D. (2016). Influences and benefits of role models on social media. In Y. K. Dwivedi et al. (Ed.), I3E 2016 Social Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Vol. 9844, pp. 673-684). Springer: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45234-0_60
 

Conference Contributions

Fu, P., Lin, R., Utz, S., & Wu, C.-C. (2017, October). I Am What I Bought: A Cross-Cultural Study on Consumers’ Evaluations toward Different Types of Purchases and Advertisings. Association for Consumer Research North America Conference 2017. San Diego, USA. [Poster]
 

Lin, R. (2017, October). The Silver Lining of Envy on Social Media? –The Relationships Between Post Content, Envy Type, and Purchase Intention. Association for Consumer Research North America Conference 2017. San Diego, USA. [Poster]
 

Lin, R., Van de Ven, N., & Utz, S. (2017, May). Experiential purchases trigger more envy than material purchases on social media. The 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). San Diego, CA. [Talk]
 

Lin, R., van de Ven, N., & Utz, S. (2017, October). Experiential Purchases Trigger More Envy than Material Purchases Do. Association for Consumer Research Conference 2017. San Diego, USA. [Talk]
 

Utz, S., & Lin, R. (2017, September). Can Facebook use mitigate the effects of self-esteem threat? Results from a social snacking experiment. 10. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Landau. [Talk]
 

Al-Saggaf, Y., Utz, S., & Lin, R. (2016, June). Expressing feelings on twitter and network size. 10th Conference on Culture, Technology, Communication. London, UK. [Talk]
 

Levordashka, A., & Lin, R. (2016, June). I read your updates, I read you: Spontaneous trait inferences on social media. 66th Annual International Communication (ICA) Conference. Fukuoka, Japan. [Talk]
 

Levordashka, A., Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2016, January). Snap judgments on social media: What we infer from 140 characters or less. 17th Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). San Diego, USA. [Poster]
 

Lin, R., Levordashka, A., & Utz, S. (2016, June). Ambient intimacy: Self-disclosure and parasocial relationships on Twitter. 66th Annual International Communication Assocation (ICA) Conference. Fukuoka, Japan. [Poster]
 

Lin, R., Utz, S., & Levordashka, A. (2016, June). Self-disclosure on SNS: The function of disclosure intimacy and narrativity on perceived closeness. 66th Annual Annual International Communication (ICA) Conference. Fukuoka, Japan. [Talk]
 

Lin, R., & van de Ven, N. (2016, July). What triggers envy on Social Media: An investigation of experiential vs. material purchases. Social Sciences and the Internet Conference. Eindhoven, The Netherlands. [Talk]
 

Levordashka, A., Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2015, May). Ambient awareness: Interpersonal knowledge in online social networks. 65th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico. [Talk]
 

Lin, R., & Utz, S. (2015, September). The emotional responses of browsing Facebook: Happiness, envy, and the role of tie strength. 9th Conference of the DGPs Media Psychology Division. Tübingen. [Talk]
 

Lin, R., Utz, S., & Levordashka, A. (2015, May). The psychological effects of browsing Facebook: Happiness, envy, and the role of tie strength. 65th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico. [Talk]
 

Lin, R. (2014, March). How to rebuild your public image on Facebook. 16th General Online Research Conference. Köln. [Talk]
 

Lin, R. (2014, November). Browsing Facebook: Happiness, envy, and tie strength. Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Talk]
 

Matzat, U., & Lin, R. (2014, December). Self-disclosure on Facebook: Generation of social capital and the match between appropriate media channel and type of disclosed information. Workshop on Internet Research 2014. Utrecht, The Netherlands. [Talk]
 

Ruoyun Lin
Ruoyun Lin