Add to ORKGLinks between the underlying motives for using online social networks and resulting user behaviours remain under-researched. Friending is one such behaviour. The friending process joins user profiles together into a network web, creating links through which users can navigate the network by moving between profiles. The articulation and public display of friendship differentiates social networking sites from other social media sites. Understanding what drives users to grow their networks will provide a framework for the development of retention strategies. Using Self-Determination Theory (Deci and Ryan, 1985), this paper investigates the role of online social networks in supporting friending behaviour, and suggests site usage satisfies basic...
Nowadays, millions of people use social network sites (SNSs) to communicate with each other, but lit...
In spite of the risks, people often share large quantities of personal information online. The objec...
Motives for “friending,” following, or connecting with others on social network sites are often posi...
A short interview-based study looks at the different motives why persons establish online friendship...
Online social networks used to attract many users. However, in recent years, some users have become ...
“Are you my friend? Yes or no?” This question, while fundamentally odd, is a key component of social...
Facebook, one of the leading social-networking sites nowadays has become a necessary communication m...
The Internet has effects on how people meet, communicate, and maintain friendships. Internet applica...
This thesis focuses on online communities - both their historic and current form. Various forms of c...
There is an ongoing debate, not just among academics but in popular culture, about whether social me...
As technology evolves, the internet is increasingly becoming a frequently used medium through which ...
From the very first studies on social uses of computer communication systems, researchers were alrea...
Despite their enormous success the motivation behind user participation in Online Social Networks is...
The use of social media is rapidly increasing, and one of the major discussions of the 21st century ...
Motives for “friending” others on social network sites are often positive, but darker motives may al...
Nowadays, millions of people use social network sites (SNSs) to communicate with each other, but lit...
In spite of the risks, people often share large quantities of personal information online. The objec...
Motives for “friending,” following, or connecting with others on social network sites are often posi...
A short interview-based study looks at the different motives why persons establish online friendship...
Online social networks used to attract many users. However, in recent years, some users have become ...
“Are you my friend? Yes or no?” This question, while fundamentally odd, is a key component of social...
Facebook, one of the leading social-networking sites nowadays has become a necessary communication m...
The Internet has effects on how people meet, communicate, and maintain friendships. Internet applica...
This thesis focuses on online communities - both their historic and current form. Various forms of c...
There is an ongoing debate, not just among academics but in popular culture, about whether social me...
As technology evolves, the internet is increasingly becoming a frequently used medium through which ...
From the very first studies on social uses of computer communication systems, researchers were alrea...
Despite their enormous success the motivation behind user participation in Online Social Networks is...
The use of social media is rapidly increasing, and one of the major discussions of the 21st century ...
Motives for “friending” others on social network sites are often positive, but darker motives may al...
Nowadays, millions of people use social network sites (SNSs) to communicate with each other, but lit...
In spite of the risks, people often share large quantities of personal information online. The objec...
Motives for “friending,” following, or connecting with others on social network sites are often posi...