“I Want to See People’s Reactions to the Selfies”: A Lefebvrian Analysis of the Impact of Social Networking Sites on Physical, Mental, and Emotional Functioning

Since the conception and exponential growth of social networking sites (SNSs), technology has advanced sufficiently to allow access them at any moment for reason. This given users a “virtual space” (VS) in which communicate “live” within (e.g., Facebook), space disparate research shown have an impact on users’ behaviors, thoughts, emotions. The present study aimed examine potential SNSs influence physical, mental, well-being undergraduate students. To explore this unified fashion, we conducted in-depth interviews with 25 participants across three qualitative studies. All interview transcripts were analyzed using recursive deductive thematic analysis. Lefebvre’s trialectic was examined its applicability students’ experiences VS vis-à-vis SNSs. spatial triad provides novel coherent framework untangle explain multifaceted often complicated nature SNS use. Analysis found correspondence between Lefebvrian triadic pervasive, dominant, sometimes pathological role that can upon everyday functioning. Implications are approach inform future as means