The influence of user comments on perceptions of Facebook relationship status updates

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Highlights：

• We examine the influence of user comments on Facebook in the context of relationship status updates.

• An online experiment was conducted with 453 participants.

• Comments from other users alter perceptions of a Facebook relationship status update.

• Attitudes are more driven by the valence of the comments than the nature of the status.

摘要

•We examine the influence of user comments on Facebook in the context of relationship status updates.•An online experiment was conducted with 453 participants.•Comments from other users alter perceptions of a Facebook relationship status update.•Attitudes are more driven by the valence of the comments than the nature of the status.

论文关键词：Facebook,Computer-mediated communication,User comments,Status updates

论文评审过程：Available online 9 March 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.055