Sharing emotional events is prevalent in daily life, and it is
increasingly done through the intermediary of interpersonal
media. The present study shows that people choose communication
channels to meet their emotional needs depending on the
valence and intensity of the events they experience. Further,
mediated sharing affects people’s emotional well-being. In all, we
conclude that interpersonal media and their technological affordances
have notable consequences on people’s everyday affective
experiences, both as an outlet for expressing emotions and as an
instrument for enhancing already felt emotions.