Publically different, privately the same: Gender differences and similarities in response to Facebook status updates

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Highlights：

• We conducted a study to examine gender differences in language use in response to Facebook status updates.

• Females were significantly more likely to post a public reply to a status than males.

• Females public replies contained higher levels of emotional support than males.

• Males and females also showed comparable levels of emotional support in private messages.

摘要

•We conducted a study to examine gender differences in language use in response to Facebook status updates.•Females were significantly more likely to post a public reply to a status than males.•Females public replies contained higher levels of emotional support than males.•Males and females also showed comparable levels of emotional support in private messages.

论文关键词：Social networking sites,Facebook,Gender,Language,Context

论文评审过程：Available online 26 July 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.004