Exploring loneliness and social networking: Recipes for hedonic well-being on Facebook

Every day, billions of people participate on social networking sites such as Facebook. We are now more virtually “connected” than ever before, yet for many individuals, the world is a very lonely place, both physically and virtually. This study takes a self-determination theory (SDT) perspective to explore the recipes for hedonic well-being derived from Facebook, the world’s most popular social media network, for users with high versus low...