Being unfriended on Facebook: An application of Expectancy Violation Theory

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Highlights：

• Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT) is applied to Facebook unfriending.

• Online surveys examined over 500 adults who were unfriended.

• Being unfriended was a moderately expected and negative violation.

• Being unfriended was a moderately-to-highly important expectancy violation.

• The findings extend EVT to being unfriended on Facebook.

摘要

•Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT) is applied to Facebook unfriending.•Online surveys examined over 500 adults who were unfriended.•Being unfriended was a moderately expected and negative violation.•Being unfriended was a moderately-to-highly important expectancy violation.•The findings extend EVT to being unfriended on Facebook.

论文关键词：Social networking,Facebook,Unfriending,Expectancy Violation Theory

论文评审过程：Available online 11 February 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.029