Media-afforded information control pertains to individuals’ abilities to utilize the features of interpersonal communication channels such that they are able to express information or withhold information in a manner consistent with their needs. Building on the uses and gratifications perspective and an intersectional view of media affordances, the purpose of this article was to assess the connection between afforded information control and obtaining positive outcomes. The results of both the survey and diary studies in a 2-part empirical investigation showed a positive relationship between reports on the expressive dimension of the information control scale and indicators of positive outcomes. To the author's knowledge, the diary study conducted in the second part of this investigation was the first to test the association between a media affordance, measured during a preliminary questionnaire stage, and outcomes assessed in later diary-recorded interactions in non-laboratory settings.