Being unfriended on Facebook: An application of Expectancy Violation Theory

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-178

  Bevan, Jennifer L ^a   Ang, Pei Chern ^a   Fearns, James B ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy Violation Theory; Facebook; Social networking; Unfriending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893964853     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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