Impression management concerns and support-seeking behavior on social network sites
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Highlights：
• We investigated whether impression management shapes support seeking on SNS.
• A laboratory experiment was conducted using a two by two between-subjects design.
• Communication goals changed depending on the publicity of the message.
• Problem severity and message publicity influenced message composition time.
• Message composition time was related to production of a sophisticated message.
摘要
•We investigated whether impression management shapes support seeking on SNS.•A laboratory experiment was conducted using a two by two between-subjects design.•Communication goals changed depending on the publicity of the message.•Problem severity and message publicity influenced message composition time.•Message composition time was related to production of a sophisticated message.
论文关键词：Supportive communication,Support seeker,Social network sites,Impression management,Message design logic
论文评审过程：Received 18 August 2015, Revised 23 November 2015, Accepted 2 December 2015, Available online 20 December 2015, Version of Record 20 December 2015.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.005
