Digital Relationships in the "MySpace" Generation: Results From a Qualitative Study

A qualitative study was conducted to explore how subjects use social networking sites and instant messenger to engage in interpersonal relationships. The results were used to develop a preliminary framework that models how attitudes towards privacy and impression management, when mediated by technol...

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Published in2007 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07) p. 19
Main Author Dwyer, C.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.01.2007
Subjects
Communications technology
Computer mediated communication
Context modeling
Design for experiments
Information processing
MySpace
Privacy
Social implications of technology
Social network services
Technology management
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ISSN1530-1605
DOI10.1109/HICSS.2007.176

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Summary:A qualitative study was conducted to explore how subjects use social networking sites and instant messenger to engage in interpersonal relationships. The results were used to develop a preliminary framework that models how attitudes towards privacy and impression management, when mediated by technology, translate into social interactions. This paper begins with a review of relevant literature, then describes the experimental design, summarizes the results, introduces the framework, and finishes with a discussion of conclusions and implications for future research. This paper describes the collection and analysis of qualitative data, and its use to inform a preliminary theoretical framework that can support future research into the design of systems that support social interactions
ISSN:1530-1605
DOI:10.1109/HICSS.2007.176