Private message me s'il vous plait: Preferences for personal and masspersonal communications on Facebook among American and French students

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Highlights:

• Facebook users may adapt their Facebook use to specific cultural contexts.

• French students use more personal communication with friends than Americans.

• American students use more masspersonal and personal communication with acquaintances.

• Country differences in masspersonal communication are mediated by network size.

• Country differences in personal communication are not mediated by network size.

摘要

•Facebook users may adapt their Facebook use to specific cultural contexts.•French students use more personal communication with friends than Americans.•American students use more masspersonal and personal communication with acquaintances.•Country differences in masspersonal communication are mediated by network size.•Country differences in personal communication are not mediated by network size.

论文关键词:Facebook,Personal communication,Masspersonal communication,Network size,Cross-cultural

论文评审过程:Received 2 September 2016, Revised 6 December 2016, Accepted 21 December 2016, Available online 28 December 2016, Version of Record 7 January 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.051