Abstract

Large numbers of college students have become avid Facebook users in a short period of time. In this paper, we explore whether these students are using Facebook to find new people in their offline communities or to learn more about people they initially meet offline. Our data suggest that users are largely employing Facebook to learn more about people they meet offline, and are less likely to use the site to initiate new connections.

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Computer scienceFace (sociological concept)Period (music)Online and offlineInternet privacyWorld Wide WebData scienceMultimediaSociology

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2006
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Cliff Lampe, Nicole B. Ellison, Charles Steinfield (2006). A face(book) in the crowd. . https://doi.org/10.1145/1180875.1180901

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