Changes in use and perception of facebook
Abstract
As social computing systems persist over time, the user experiences and interactions they support may change. One type of social computing system, Social Network Sites (SNSs), are becoming more popular across broad segments of Internet users. Facebook, in particular, has very broad participation amongst college attendees, and has been growing in other populations as well. This paper looks at how use of Facebook has changed over time, as indicated by three consecutive years of survey data and interviews with a subset of survey respondents. Reported uses of the site remain relatively constant over time, but the perceived audience for user profiles and attitudes about the site show differences over the study period.
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Studies on Facebook and Twitter have found evidence of variations over time.
“Studies on both Facebook (Lampe et al., 2008) and Twitter (Liu et al., 2014) have found evidence of such variations.”
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Qualitative methods have known limitations when used in isolation, compromising generalizability (or external validity) for details, mainly due to their limited scope, such as limited sample size or time period, and are more sensitive to researchers' interpretation biases.
“Qualitative methods, though rich and illuminating when performed in conjunction with quantitative methods (Creswell and Clark, 2011), have known limitations when used in isolation. They tend to compromise generalizability (or external validity) for details (Trochim and Donnelly, 2001), mainly due to their limited scope, such as limited sample size (Lampe et al., 2008) or time period (Burke and Kra”
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- Authors
- Lampe, C., Ellison, N. B., & Steinfield, C.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2008 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2008-11-08
- Pages
- 721-730
- OpenAlex
- W2162209053
- Cited by
- 505
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 51 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 46 · 2014: 51 · 2013: 50 · 2012: 58
- FWCI
- 24.67
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- Facebook, social network sites, social computing, user perception, user attitudes, user profiles, university students
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