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

  • Authors:
  • Catherine Dwyer

  • Affiliations:
  • Pace University

  • Venue:
  • HICSS '07 Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

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.