Communicating social support in the digital age

Chapter 1 An Overview of Online Supportive Communication
1£®1 Defining Online Supportive Communication
1£®2 Advantages of Online Supportive Communication
1£®3 Theoretical and Pragmatic Implications
1£®4 Extant Literature on Online Supportive Communication
1£®5 Limitation of Extant Literature
1£®6 Theoretical Frameworks on Online Supportive Communication
1£®6£®1 Hyperpersonal Model
1£®6£®2 Social Presence
1£®6£®3 Optimal Matching Theory
1£®6£®4 Dual Process Models
1£®7 A Masspersonal Model of Online Supportive Communication
References

Chapter 2 Other-Generated Comments and Online Support Provision
2£®1 Quality of Support Messages£º Person-Centeredness
2£®1£®1 Emotion-Focused Supportiveness
2£®1£®2 Action-Focused Supportiveness
2£®1£®3 Politeness
2£®2 Online Comments and Perceived Supportiveness in Public Opinion
2£®3 Online Comments and Impression Formation
2£®4 Support-Seeker's Reply
2£®5 Hypotheses Testing with an Experiment
2£®5£®1 Participants
2£®5£®2 Design
2£®5£®3 Procedure
2£®5£®4 Measures
2£®6 Results
2£®7 Discussion
Notes
References
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Chapter 3 Revisiting the Impact of Others' Comments and Support-Seeker's Response on Support Provision in Online Forums
Chapter 4 Supportive Communication on Social Networking Sites£º The Impact of Post Valence and Relational Closeness on Support Provision
Chapter 5 Different Forms of Support Provision on Social Network Sites
Chapter 6 Willingness to Reply to an Online Support-Seeking Post