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Alsulami, Abdulwahab M. "Examining Online Communication Attitude and its Antecedent Factors on Relational Closeness among Purely Online Friendships in Saudi Society." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1554175691616345.

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Osborn, Jeremy Lee. "A comparison of the defining characteristics, constitutive speech events, and relational provisions of online and offline friendships." Connect to resource, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1163535456.

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Ahmad, Waqar, and Asim Riaz. "Predicting Friendship Levels in Online Social Networks." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3351.

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Abstract Context: Online social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace have become the preferred interaction, entertainment and socializing facility on the Internet. However, these social network services also bring privacy issues in more limelight than ever. Several privacy leakage problems are highlighted in the literature with a variety of suggested countermeasures. Most of these measures further add complexity and management overhead for the user. One ignored aspect with the architecture of online social networks is that they do not offer any mechanism to calculate the strength of

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Flaxman, Kayleigh Louise Layla. "Impression management and the problematic self online : Facebook, friendship and recognition." Thesis, University of Kent, 2014. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/47652/.

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This thesis broadly addresses the issue of identity management and performance online. The social networking site Facebook has been used as the primary research site due to its dominance on the World Wide Web and in individuals’ lives. Specifically this thesis seeks to understand how people negotiate their identity in a social space where a multitude of different friendship groups and associations are simultaneously present. The thesis makes extensive use of the premise originally made by Erving Goffman, that we give particular performances of self to particular groups of people and social sit

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Tangsantikul, Juthamas. "Women, friendship & strangers : understanding Thai women's experiences of online social communication." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.434224.

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Rashtian, Hootan. "Towards understanding how users decide about friendship requests in Online Social Networks." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/48511.

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Accepting friend requests from strangers in Facebook-like online social networks is known to be a risky behavior. Still, empirical evidence suggests that Facebook users often accept such requests with high rate. As a first step towards technology support of users in their decisions about friend requests, we investigate why users accept such requests. We conducted two studies of users’ befriending behavior on Facebook. Based on 20 interviews with active Facebook users, we developed a friend request acceptance model that explains how various factors influence user acceptance behavior. To test an

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Chappuis, Scott Owen. "Using Online Community Interactions to Explore Parasocial Relationship and Friendship Formation and Development." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1407062496.

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Koukkula, M. (Michelle). "The role of online communication to adolescents’ friendship quality, self-disclosure, and self-esteem." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201805312038.

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The development of online communication has changed the ways people communicate. Today’s generation of adolescents grew up with these technologies and are among the extensive users (Shapiro & Margolin, 2014). Although justifications have been laid on adolescents’ regular use, there is minimum understanding towards the values and capabilities of online communication to this age group (Poole & Peyton, 2013). This study examined the possible positive outcome of online communication towards adolescents’ friendship quality. A self-report questionnaire which is a combination of three existing measur

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GONCALVES, JOAO VITOR RODRIGUES. "GRAMMAR OF FRIENDSHIP: A STUDY OF COMMUNICATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF EMOTIONS IN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2012. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=20804@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>Como emoção e sentimento, todos sabem o significado de uma amizade. De Aristóteles aos cientistas sociais, que buscam compreendê-la sob os aspectos da Antropologia das Emoções, a relação entre as pessoas unidas por esse sentimento não parece ter sido modificada ao longo dos séculos. Com a internet, a amizade recebeu o suporte de ferramentas de comunicação mediadas pelo computador, que permitiram aos amigos manter contato com mais frequência, trocar e compartilhar, bater papo. O Facebook, uma dessas ferramentas, é um site de rede social que

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Tan, Joanna Ee Na. "Contextual identities : narratives of self-identified shy adolescents' close friendship experiences in online and offline settings." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51634.

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As the Internet has evolved over the past decade, adolescents now tend to communicate with existing offline friends instead of strangers. However, a particular profile of shy and introverted users seems to prefer communicating with online-exclusive friends. This qualitative study aimed to explore how self-identified shy adolescents constructed their identities through their narratives of close friendships in online and offline settings. With a focus on “contextual identities”, I examined how the context may influence identity construction and social processes, as well as how continuity and cha

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Kelly, Devin Joseph. "DIMENSIONS OF ONLINE/OFFLINE SOCIAL COMMUNICATION: AN EXTENSION OF THE HYPERPERSONAL MODEL." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu153780606273283.

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Martin, Erin Deann. "Tweens, sexualization and cyborg-subjectivity : New Zealand girls negotiate friendship and identity on Facebook." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10201.

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In the context of public debates about the ‘sexualization’ of ‘tween’ (preteen) girls and their use of social network sites (SNSs), this study explores girls’ online practices, experiences and reflections of their engagement with Facebook. This project is part of a growing body of research that prioritizes talk ‘with’ girls, rather than ‘about’ girls, as a way of contextualizing issues related to their girlhood. I argue that preteen girls’ identities on SNSs can be reimagined as cyborg-subjectivities as girls disrupt binaries through ongoing discursive negotiations of gender and sexuality de

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Ye, Jiali. "Maintaining Online Friendship: Cross-Cultural Analyses of Links among Relational Maintenance Strategies, Relational Factors, and Channel-Related Factors." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-10092006-150113/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2006.<br>1 electronic text (153 p.) : digital, PDF file. Title from title screen. Jaye Atkinson, committee chair; Cynthia Hoffner, Yuki Fujioka, Merrill Morris, Elisabeth Burgess, committee members. Description based on contents viewed Mar. 26, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-135).

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Merry, Sarah Kate. "The friend justifies the means : how modern friendship is effected, and affected, by the use of online social networks." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/81f1a8cd-4be6-4c97-bfe5-70b2fc5c09ae.

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This thesis explores UK Internet users’ experiences of creating and maintaining friendships on social networking sites and online communities, with a particular focus on how online friendships compare to and affect participants’ face-to-face social networks. There is a large body of literature regarding online friendship and the use of online social networks. However, significantly less research has been published which focuses on UK-based users or on ‘online-to-offline’ friendships: relationships which begin online and move offline, becoming incorporated into participants’ everyday social cir

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Ranney, John D. "Does Discussing Problems Online Change the Nature of Co-rumination and Its Associated Effects on Negative Affect and Perceived Friendship Quality?" Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26733.

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Engagement in problem-focused discussions that direct attention to negative emotions predicts heightened depressive affect and feelings of closeness with friends (Rose, 2002). The goal of this study was to test whether the psychosocial correlates of such conversations are altered by engaging in those conversations through computer-mediated forms of communication and to identify mechanisms that may account for those differences. Fifty-three female friend pairs engaged in problem-focused discussions in an online or face-to-face context. Observers rated expressed negative affect and information d

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LIMA, Verônica Almeida de Oliveira. "As novas formas de socialidades na internet: o caso do Canal IRC Campina Grande." Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 2007. http://dspace.sti.ufcg.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/riufcg/1892.

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Haraldsson, Isabell. "“Rule no.3: Never raid with pants on.” : An Anthropological Study of Communication, Co-Operation and Friendship in the ’Virtual’ World of Warcraft." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-323646.

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The significance of technology and technological devices in the modern western society is steadily expanding, and affecting how the consumers of these products interact with one another. Both through these devices, but also how they interact without them the importance of studying these forms of interaction is therefore of rising significance. This thesis explores the world of online-gaming in order to map out how the players use, and are affected by the virtual aspects of the platform they use to create and reproduce their social bonds with one another. By analysing the relationship between t

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Askvall, Cornelia, and Catrin Westerberg. "“Utan onlinevänner hade jag antagligen varit död” : En studie om via vilka plattformar och aktiviteter nya vänner möts på nätet." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medieteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32193.

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Vänner möts inte längre bara på fysiska platser utan även online på olika typer av plattformar. Denna studie utforskar var onlinevänner träffas, i vilka aktiviteter de umgås, hur frekvent onlinevännerna umgås samt hur många onlinevänner som även träffas offline. Syftet med studien är att få en större förståelse för var och hur människor möter vänner online. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av en enkätundersökning med 1000 deltagare som spreds via sociala nätverkstjänster och offline, samt genom att analysera tidigare forskning inom relaterade ämnen. Resultatet av studien pekar på att det finns et

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Davel, Coriena. "Social networking : a psycho-educational analysis of online adolescent friendships." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13267.

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Online adolescent friendships and social networking among adolescents are current phenomena that have emerged, and exploded, as part of the digital age and the vast development of communication technologies. The primary aim of this study was to gain knowledge and understanding regarding the nature and quality of online friendships and social networking among adolescents. A sequential explanatory mixed method design, was put to use for the purpose of this study. The quantitative data was collected first in the form of a short survey, by utilising a self-developed questionnaire to obtain a gener

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Zaczek, Dominika. "On-line friendships." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/752.

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the prevalence and quality of on-line friendships, to find which individual characteristics differentiate people who look for and form on-line friendship(s) from those who don't, and to discover factors which are of importance for the development of on-line friendship(s). 574 Internet users completed an on-line questionnaire. The results showed that: (1) almost 50% of respondents had on-line friendship(s); (2) off-line friendships were better developed than on-line friendships. However, there was only a minor difference between the quality of

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"Online game playing and early adolescents' online friendship and cyber-victimization." Thesis, 2010. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074925.

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Seventeen teens (mean age = 11.71. SD = 1.26) who had experiences in playing online games participated in the focus group interviews of Study 2. Their responses were collected in order to develop comprehensive scales to measure cyber-victimization and cyberbullying, so as to better understand the differences between online and real life friendship and also to reveal the reasons behind playing online games. Studies 3 and 4 were based on the same sample of six hundred twenty-six grade 5 and 6 students (mean age =10.81, SD = .83), but with different purposes. In Study 3, two scales, both ultimat

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Mei, Chang Su, and 張素梅. "An Exploratory Study of Online Friendship Quality--on Facebook." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w4ed7u.

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碩士<br>國立聯合大學<br>資訊與社會研究所<br>101<br>In Taiwan, social networking sites are favored by huge number of people. Lots of people spend mush of their time contacting with their friends through those sites. Making friends by SNS seems to be a popular trend. The first goal of this study was to find the factors which influence online self-disclosure. The second goal was to investigate how online friendship is related to online self-disclosure. Questionnaires were distributed to mySurvey and BBS platforms to measure Facebook users' opinions. Correlation Analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis are used

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Huang, Chun-hua, and 黃焌華. "Android-Based Online Real-Time Friendship Management for IMS." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87161300783354509501.

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碩士<br>國立中央大學<br>資訊工程研究所<br>99<br>The IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is a 3GPP (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project) standard which integrates different network types and traditional telecom service. IMS not only integrates all network types but supports a lot multimedia communication service. According the properties of IMS, it’s the best framework for establishing a social network. The research focused on the integration the IMS with social network sites but there is no IMS client software providing social network service in the market. The popularity of smart mobile devices has changed o

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Li, Shengyuan, and 李勝原. "Study on Information Security Awareness and Prevention of Risky Online Friendship for Senior Students in Elementary Schools." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90550356382660410392.

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碩士<br>義守大學<br>資訊管理學系碩士在職專班<br>102<br>This study aims to explore the effectiveness of conducting information security courses for senior students in elementary schools with respects to reduction of the risk of online friendship and the awareness of information security. The participants of the experiments were senior students in an elementary school. The pre-test was conducted firstly to evaluate the information security awareness and online friendship risk. Thereafter, the treatment group was educated with the information security courses provided by Minister Of Education, etc. Then the post-t

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LAN, HUNG-CHI, and 藍泓棋. "The Effects of Expertise and Online Virtual Social Friendship to Customer Loyalty: A Study of Individual Expert Facebook Fans Page." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96282372813600124427.

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碩士<br>東吳大學<br>企業管理學系<br>105<br>Nowadays, running social media in the digital age is a very important issue. In the past, researchers tended to research for the fan page loyalty to business fans’ interaction, instead of exploring the individual expert fan page and fans’ interaction.This study examines the influence of the professionalism in an individual expert fan page and online virtual social friendship on satisfaction and loyalty, and establishes the related hypothesis based on the construction of virtual social friendship from the perspective of commercial friendship theory. Researcher co

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Chang, Yen-Wei, and 張言瑋. "The Influence of Service friendship on Online Live Streaming Perceived Scape-Social Media Fatigue and selling and customer-oriented as Moderators." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36j66z.

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碩士<br>國立臺北科技大學<br>經營管理系碩士班<br>106<br>The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the live broadcasters interpersonal factors on the online live streaming perceived scape, and further explore the sales behavioral guidance of the live broadcaster and the psychological factors of the viewers. The research findings suggest that the interpersonal factor of the live broadcaster is that the service friendship with the viewer will have a significant impact on the online live streaming perceived scape The live broadcaster will show the sales behavioral orientation in the live streaming, a

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KRAUSOVÁ, Vladimíra. "Autocenzura na Facebooku." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-317437.

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The thesis deals with self-censorship on the biggest online social network Facebook. The main purpose was to determine the reasons for using self-censorship on Facebook. Qualitative research was elaborated with usage of semi structured interview focused on virtual world of active Facebook users and on deeper examination of it. Theoretical part describes concepts and ideas related to the theme of the thesis. The methodological part describes in detail the qualitative research and it's requirements. The analytical part deals with the research itself, analysis of transcribed interviews and with t

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