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Abstract
<p class="first" id="d8946039e59">We explored adolescents' (12- to 18-year-olds; n = 51)
awareness of their audience
and subsequent self-presentation practices on Facebook and Instagram through focus
group discussions. Findings suggest that teens, who are developmentally able to perceive
a situation from the third-person perspective and who value peer approval, purposefully
share content to appear interesting, well liked, and attractive. Some teens invested
great effort into posting by these norms, even asking their friends to help; however,
this was more common among girls. Older teens especially discussed taking the perspective
of their audience when deciding what to post, which is consistent with the finding
that perspective taking continues to develop throughout adolescence. These findings
suggest that perspective taking skills and need for peer approval influence self-presentation
online.
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