What it Means to be a (Facebook) Friend: Navigating Friendship on Social Network Sites

• In Event: The Changing Nature of Relationships in Social Network(ing) Sites

Abstract

The development of social networks online and offline of college students were assessed for both quantity and quality. A survey (n=234) was administered to Facebook users, results indicated the number of close friends perceived by participants was significantly lower than the number of Facebook friends and that a variety of individuals, shy and popular, use the site as an additive to their every day maintenance of networks.

Author

• Natalie Pennington, Kansas State University