Students' online and offline social worlds coexisted and were used in different ways for different relationship types, rather than one simply converting into the other.¶
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q2 i? The survey suggests online and offline worlds coexist, with home friendships sustained online and new online friendships developing into face-to-face relationships. → Clare Madge 2008
Evidence¶
Clare Madge 2008¶
Clare Madge, Julia Meek, Jane Wellens, Tristram Hooley. (2008). Facebook, social integration and informal learning at University: 'It is more for socialising and talking to friends about work than for actually doing work'. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439880902923606
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Authors' interpretation of survey and quote data: "our research suggests that online and offline worlds are clearly coexisting", contrasting with prior literature arguing for one-directional offline-to-online or online-to-offline movement.
"our research suggests that online and offline worlds are clearly coexisting, but used in different ways for developing and sustaining different types of relation ships."
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Related Claims¶
- First-year students specifically joined Facebook before university registration to make new face-to-face friends at university while keeping in touch with friends and family from home. — related
- Facebook acted as part of the 'social glue' helping first-year students settle into university life, though most students did not see it as crucial to overcoming loneliness. — related
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Students' online and offline social worlds coexisted and were used in different ways for different relationship types, rather than one simply converting into the other. |
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Students' online and offline social worlds coexisted and were used in different ways for different relationship types, rather than one simply converting into the other. |
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