Intentions to hide and unfriend Facebook connections based on perceptions of sender attractiveness and status updates

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-150

  Peña, Jorge ^a   Brody, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Hiding; Politeness; Social networking sites; Status updates; Unfriending

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

FACEBOOK; HIDING; POLITENESS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; STATUS UPDATES; UNFRIENDING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84887116471     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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