The usage of social networks by university students (A survey of Facebook use patterns among young people)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://journals.muni.cz/anthropologia_integra/article/view/2666/2642" target="_blank" >https://journals.muni.cz/anthropologia_integra/article/view/2666/2642</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The usage of social networks by university students (A survey of Facebook use patterns among young people)

Original language description

Online social networks (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, ) have become truly significant new phenomena in human communication and interaction patterns and may have a profound impact in the way people communicate and connect with each other. Millionsof contemporary young adults use social networking sites. Teenagers are among the most prolific users of social network sites (SNS). Emerging studies find that youth spend a considerable amount of time in their daily life interacting through social media. Subsequently, questions and controversies emerge about the effects SNS have on adolescent development. However, little is known about how much, why, and how they use these sites. In this study, 561 university students from different nationalities completed a survey that helps clarify these questions that surround youth participation in these online communities. Our findings suggest that social networks are the modus operandi of the new generation and that Facebook is mostly used to ke

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Anthropologia Integra

ISSN

1804-6657

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

35-43

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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