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Title
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I'll see you on IM, text, or call you : a social network approach of adolescents' use of communication media
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Abstract
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| This study explores some possibilities of social network analysis for studying adolescents communication patterns. A full network analysis was conducted on third-grade high school students (15 year olds, 137 students) in Belgium. The results pointed out that face-to-face communication was still the most prominent way for information to flow through the network. Interactions through communication media (e-mail, instant messaging, text messaging, mobile phone, and landline phone), however, supplemented this flow of information in a substantive way. Communication media use patterns were characterized by multiplexity and could be placed on a unidimensional scale indicating a media hierarchy. Close friends (strong ties) used all communication media at their disposal to connect with each other; students who were just friends (weak ties) preferred face-to-face communication and social network sites. In the discussion, some other possibilities of social network analysis for studying adolescents communication media are discussed. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Bulletin of science, technology and society. - New York, N.Y.
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Publication
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New York, N.Y.
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2010
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ISSN
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0270-4676
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DOI
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10.1177/0270467610363143
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Volume/pages
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30
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(2010)
, p. 75-85
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