To you who (I think) are listening: Imaginary audience and impression management on Facebook

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Highlights:

• Facebook users' Imaginary Audience influences their Impression Management online.

• Imaginary Audience has stronger positive effect on content-based IM strategies.

• Privacy strongly & positively influences content-based and audience-based IM.

• Self-Monitoring and gender do not influence Facebook users' Impression Management.

摘要

•Facebook users' Imaginary Audience influences their Impression Management online.•Imaginary Audience has stronger positive effect on content-based IM strategies.•Privacy strongly & positively influences content-based and audience-based IM.•Self-Monitoring and gender do not influence Facebook users' Impression Management.

论文关键词:Impression management,Imaginary audience,Social network sites,Online privacy

论文评审过程:Received 12 January 2017, Revised 11 April 2017, Accepted 22 April 2017, Available online 24 April 2017, Version of Record 17 May 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.047