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参考资料外文原文 Intragroup status and social presence in online fan groups Stephen Reysen, Jason D. Lloyd , Iva Katzarska-Miller , Brett M. Lemker , Russell L. Foss a b s t r a c t Low and high status member posts from online fan message board posts were examined. Low status members, as compared to high status members, were found to use more intimacy and immediacy social presence cues, including: praise for the group, self-disclosure, friendly and positive affective language,first person singular pronouns, and present tense verbs. Low status members were less likely than high status members to use articles, larger words, and discrepancy words. Lastly, low status members were rated as more likeable than high status members. The results suggest that low status members may strategically use social presence cues as a means of ingratiating themselves to the group. 1. Introduction Accessing the Internet is a daily activity for 184 million Americans with the average American spending 13h each week online(Harris Interactive, 2009). Popular uses of the Internet include staying up to date with hobbies(Griffith Fox, 2007), consuming media(e.g., videos and music), e-mailing, and social networking (Jones Fox, 2009).The social networking website “Facebook” has over 350 million active users(Zuckerberg, 2009). A popular use for “Facebook” users is to keep up with their fan interests(e.g., sports, media, music, hobby) with over 600,000 interest-specific fan pages that “Facebook” has to offer (Schonefeld, 2009). The plethora of specific interest websites offers researchers a diverse arena to examine ingroup interactions (Skitka Sargis, 2005). Despite the geographical distance between group members (McKenna Green, 2002), fan pages can provide a niche group and support of like-minded individuals to interact, which can result in positive physiological effects (Shaw Gant, 2002). A theory applicable to interpersonal interactions is social presence theory. Although social presence theory or