2013
DOI: 10.5296/ire.v1i1.3818
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Adolescents’ Trusts in Various Facebook Friends and the Differences in Those Trusts between Parental Awareness of Adolescents’ Contacts with Friends

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The study aims to examine the Taiwanese adolescents’ trusts in various friends and the differences in those trusts between parental awareness of adolescents’ Facebook use for contacting friends. A survey method was utilized to collect the data related to parental awareness according to adolescents’ self-reports, and adolescents’ trust in five types of Facebook friends. A total of 1,120 Taiwanese adolescents were invited to fill in a validated questionnaire that consisted of items on parenta… Show more

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“…Hsu et al further indicated that even though users generally interact with new friends via games, they wrote more on Facebook walls of their " familiar friends" and "close friends" than on the walls of their "new friends" and "acquaintances." Tsai and Liu (2013), in a study of Facebook use by Taiwanese adolescents also categorized five levels of Facebook friends: "tending to be a stranger," "acquaintance," "familiar," "intimate," and "romantic interest" They indicated that as the closeness of friends increased, the trust in them by adolescents increased.…”
Section: Facebook Friends In Different Close Relationshipsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Hsu et al further indicated that even though users generally interact with new friends via games, they wrote more on Facebook walls of their " familiar friends" and "close friends" than on the walls of their "new friends" and "acquaintances." Tsai and Liu (2013), in a study of Facebook use by Taiwanese adolescents also categorized five levels of Facebook friends: "tending to be a stranger," "acquaintance," "familiar," "intimate," and "romantic interest" They indicated that as the closeness of friends increased, the trust in them by adolescents increased.…”
Section: Facebook Friends In Different Close Relationshipsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A Taiwanese study by Tsai and Liu (2013) suggested that adolescents put different degrees of trusts in, and make self-disclosures to, friends with different degrees of closeness when using Facebook. A lack of honesty may result in self-disclosure not positively affecting intimacy with friends.…”
Section: Self-disclosure Intimacy and Trust For Adolescents On Facementioning
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