Extra-ordinary human-computer interaction
Extra-ordinary human-computer interaction
A face(book) in the crowd: social Searching vs. social browsing
CSCW '06 Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work
The truth about lying in online dating profiles
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Identity management: multiple presentations of self in facebook
Proceedings of the 2007 international ACM conference on Supporting group work
Designs on dignity: perceptions of technology among the homeless
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Changes in use and perception of facebook
Proceedings of the 2008 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the ACM 2009 international conference on Supporting group work
All My People Right Here, Right Now: management of group co-presence on a social networking site
Proceedings of the ACM 2009 international conference on Supporting group work
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Survival needs and social inclusion: technology use among the homeless
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Student socialization in the age of facebook
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Faceted identity, faceted lives: social and technical issues with being yourself online
Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
SELECT * FROM USER: infrastructure and socio-technical representation
Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Publics in practice: ubiquitous computing at a shelter for homeless mothers
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Homeless young people and living with personal digital artifacts
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Oops, I did it again: mitigating repeated access control errors on facebook
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
We're in it together: interpersonal management of disclosure in social network services
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Creepy but inevitable?: the evolution of social networking
Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
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This paper reports on the use of social network sites (MySpace and Facebook) by homeless young people, an extraordinary user population, made so in part by its vulnerability. Twenty-three participants of diverse ethnicities, 11 women and 12 men (mean age, 21.7 years), were interviewed in same-sex discussion groups of four participants each. The interviews consisted of questions about the uses, benefits, and harms of social network sites and how people present themselves online. Qualitative analysis of the discussion group transcripts shows how young people explore their identities, cultivate and exploit social ties, experience interpersonal tensions, manage incompatible audiences, and respond to shifting affiliations and transitions. From this analysis, implications for social intervention and technical design are presented, focused on maintaining ties with pro-social family and friends and with maintaining separation between communication spheres of incompatible audiences. This work contributes to the growing literature on vital, deeply human experiences that have become associated with social network sites.