MCCP Section 1 - Methods section

Method and Results

We (1)_________ two approaches to analyzing whether tweets created on smartphones showed greater depth of self-disclosure than those created on PCs: an automated analysis of linguistic markers (e.g., use of first-person pronouns; see, e.g. Davis and Brock 1975) as well as human assessments of the content. Each of these approaches will be described in turn.

• 1.undertook

• 1.disregarded

• 1.use

• 1.analyzed

Automated measures of depth of disclosure.
Multiple researchers have sought to identify linguistic markers indicative of greater self-disclosure in text. In Web Appendix 1 we provide examples of texts from each of our studies that were assessed by human judges (2) _________ high or low in self-disclosure. Consistent with prior work on the linguistic markers of self-disclosure, the examples show.....

• 2.as

• 2.as being

• 2.to be

• 2.classified

Automated measures of depth of disclosure.
Consistent with prior work on the linguistic markers of self-disclosure, the examples show how texts judged to be self-disclosing tend to be (3) _______________ more extensive use of first-person pronouns (e.g., “I,” “me”), references to family and friends, and words that convey emotionality—particularly negative emotions (Houghton and Joinson 2012; Okdie 2011).

• 3.exhibited

• 3.marked by

• 3.accompanied by

• 3.involve

Drawing on this (4) ___________, we subjected the tweets to analysis by Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC; Pennebaker, Boyd, and Jordan 2015), which contains dictionaries for each of the aforementioned linguistic markers.

• 3. 4.extant literature

• 4.extent literature

• 4.extended literature

• 4.extenive literature

We also examined LIWC measures for “authentic” and “analytical” writing styles. According to Pennebaker, Boyd, and Jordan (2015), writers using a more authentic style create texts that are more personal and vulnerable, (5) _________ higher authenticity scores point to greater depth of disclosure. Moreover, texts written in a less analytical style...

• 3. 5.in a way that

• 5.which means that

• 5.such that

• 5.such as

Finally, to ensure that the LIWC analysis provided valid measures of the degree of self-disclosure in tweets, we undertook a (6) _________________ that regressed human judgments of the depth of disclosure for a sample of the tweets on each of the six LIWC measures of disclosure (see Web Appendix 2 for a description of the method and results).

• 6.cross validation analysis

• 6.inferential analysis

• 6.qualitative analysis

• 6.descriptive analysis

The (7)________ of Study 3 was ________. The first aim was to test whether the differences in depth of disclosure observed in the first two field studies replicate in a more controlled setting wherein participants are randomly assigned to generate content on their smartphone or PC. The second aim was to test whether the greater depth...

• 7.purpose...twofold

• 7.purposes...twofold

• 7.purpose...twofolded

• 7.purpose...twice