Effect of perceived media capability on status updates in microblogs

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Highlights：

• This study investigates status updates from impulsive and reflective mechanisms.

• We investigate the effects of microblogs’ capabilities on urge to update status.

• Capability for relieving negative emotion has no impact on urge to update status.

• All of the other capabilities have significant impacts on urge to update status.

摘要

•This study investigates status updates from impulsive and reflective mechanisms.•We investigate the effects of microblogs’ capabilities on urge to update status.•Capability for relieving negative emotion has no impact on urge to update status.•All of the other capabilities have significant impacts on urge to update status.

论文关键词：Urge to update status,Media capability,Microblog,Sharing unique content,Strengthening positive emotion,Relieving negative emotion,Maintaining interconnectivity,Enhancing unidirectional relationship

论文评审过程：Available online 5 December 2014, Version of Record 24 May 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2014.11.006