Research On Self-disclosure Of College Students In Social Networks Take WeChat As An Example

With the rapid development of the network, the real world is gradually being networked, social network is one of the results. People through social networks published photos and feeling, share their daily life. Our every update is a self-disclosure. As the basis for interpersonal communication, self-disclosure is conducive to mental health and human relations. But,at the same time, because of the anonymity of the Internet, there are still many risks of self-disclosure.In the study, we have 14 college students all over China as our research sample, through these questionnaires, interviews, observation and other methods,we can discuss the current situation of contemporary college students' self-disclosure, and to explore the relationship between self-disclosure and impression management, risk perception, social support and privacy protection.Through 4-month research, we have found the following conclusions:1)College Students' self-disclosure willingness is much lower than expected. The most common way they used is text, and the most common content they disclosed are daily life and entertainment.2) Most people's image of a social network is different from the real-life image, but it must be admitted that, the image different from real-life is also the true self, as long as they do not lie or fraud.3) The risk of self-disclosure primarily from interpersonal, transmission range and channels uncertainty are main reason of risk. However, this risk does not change people's behavior,although everyone is aware of the risks.4) Privacy on social networks is different from privacy under normal circumstances,use social networks naturally need to be exposed some privacy. However, the ability to protect the user's privacy continues to increase, developers and users need to work together.5) Sense of social support is the general psychological feelings which social networking to bring, almost everyone here can experience the care, help and support. The strength of feeling associated with human relations scale, frequency,Incentives and other relevant factors.