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Looking at, looking up or keeping up with people?: Motives and use of Facebook (2008)
| Venue: | In Proc. CHI 2008, ACM Press |
| Citations: | 219 - 7 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Joinson08lookingat,,
author = {Adam N. Joinson},
title = {Looking at, looking up or keeping up with people?: Motives and use of Facebook},
booktitle = {In Proc. CHI 2008, ACM Press},
year = {2008},
pages = {1027--1036}
}
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Abstract
This paper investigates the uses of social networking site Facebook, and the gratifications users derive from those uses. In the first study, 137 users generated words or phrases to describe how they used Facebook, and what they enjoyed about their use. These phrases were coded into 46 items which were completed by 241 Facebook users in Study 2. Factor analysis identified seven unique uses and gratifications: social connection, shared identities, content, social investigation, social network surfing and status updating. User demographics, site visit patterns and the use of privacy settings were associated with different uses and gratifications. Author Keywords Social networking sites, uses and gratifications, motivation
