Complimenting Behaviour and (self- )praise Across Social Media

Book excerpt: Introduction / María Elena Placencia and Zohreh R. Eslami -- A comparative study of compliment responses among Chinese Renren users and American Facebook users / Zohreh R. Eslami, Lu Yang and Chang Qian -- "Gracias pana" : a glimpse into Ecuadorian male compliment responses on Facebook / Amanda Lower -- "Pero... ¿y las caritas esas cómo se ponen?" : age effects on Facebook compliments in Peninsular Spanish / Carmen Maíz-Arévalo -- "Tu masssss [heart] te amo" : responding to compliments on Instagram among Ecuadorian teenage girls / María Elena Placencia and Hebe Powell -- Compliment response behavior among Japanese-English bilinguals on Facebook / Marina Ruiz-Tada, Marta Fernández-Villanueva and Elsa Tragant -- Complimenting behavior in Spanish political discourse on Twitter / Ana Pano Alamán -- #Lovely country, #wonderful people : diplomatic compliments and praise on Twitter / Roni Danziger and Zohar Kampf -- The interpersonal effects of complimenting others and self-praise in online health settings / Marie-Thérèse Rudolf von Rohr and Miriam A. Locher -- Healthy lifestyle, dieting, fitness and bodybuilding : compliments in the context of Polish online discussion forums and message boards / Anna Baczkowska -- "I want your brain" : complimenting behavior in online Over by Over cricket commentary / Dermot Brendan Heaney -- Compliments in congratulatory tweets to Spanish Olympic athletes / María Isabel Hernández Toribio and Laura Mariottini -- Modified self-praise in social media : humblebragging, self-presentation, and perceptions of (in)sincerity / Mufan Luo and Jeffrey T. Hancock.