From social anxiety to interpersonal connectedness: Relationship building within face-to-face, phone and instant messaging mediums

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Highlights：

• Instant messaging promotes connectedness among socially anxious individuals.

• Instant messaging hinders connectedness for those low in social anxiety.

• Intimacy building with strangers is dependent on medium and social anxiety.

摘要

•Instant messaging promotes connectedness among socially anxious individuals.•Instant messaging hinders connectedness for those low in social anxiety.•Intimacy building with strangers is dependent on medium and social anxiety.

论文关键词：Computer-mediated communication,Social anxiety,Instant messaging,Interpersonal relationships

论文评审过程：Received 3 June 2015, Revised 4 August 2015, Accepted 5 August 2015, Available online 24 August 2015, Version of Record 24 August 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.004