Exploring similarities and differences between online and offline friendships: The role of attachment style

Buote, Vanessa M.; Wood, Eileen; Pratt, Michael W.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2008.12.022

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“…Our findings demonstrate how social interactions function in both online and traditional settings. It is not very often that research examines how social interactions function both in online and traditional settings (Buote et al, 2009). In addition, no research to date has, examined assertiveness as a variable in relation to Facebook use, as far as we are aware (although assertiveness had previously been found to influence Internet use, see Valkenburg & Peter, 2007).…”

Section: Figure 1 Online Activity As a Results Of Level Of Assertivenessmentioning

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Assertiveness and Anxiety Effects in Traditional and Online Interactions

Jeske

Baker

2015

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning

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Section: Figure 1 Online Activity As a Results Of Level Of Assertivenessmentioning

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Assertiveness and Anxiety Effects in Traditional and Online Interactions

Jeske

Baker

2015

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning

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“…Some studies report it as superficial and inferior to offline relations [1,2]. In other works, some research argues that online relations are equally important and beneficial as offline ones [3,4], especially for shy teenagers and people with face-to-face anxiety [5][6][7]. As an explanation of these contradictory findings, we note that these studies are based on user survey, where the smallscale and potentially biased samples are used.…”

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“…In [1,2], it is reported that online interactions are inferior and superficial in developing social relations. In other studies, however, online interactions are shown as equally important and beneficial [3,4], especially for shy teenagers and people with face-to-face anxiety [5][6][7]. Till now, to best of our knowledge, existing research does not have a coherent study on the development of social ties that takes into account both online and offline interactions.…”

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It takes two to tango: Exploring social tie development with both online and offline interactions

Yin

Liu

et al. 2015

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Understanding social tie development among users is crucial for user engagement in social networking services. In this paper, we analyze the social interactions, both online and offline, of users and investigate the development of their social ties using data trail of 'how social ties grow' left in mobile and social networking services. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first research attempt on studying social tie development by considering both online and offline interactions in a heterogeneous yet realistic relationship. In this study, we aim to answer three key questions: (i) is there a correlation between online and offline interactions? (ii) how is the social tie developed via heterogeneous interaction channels? and (iii) would the development of social tie between two users be affected by their common friends? To achieve our goal, we develop a Social-aware Hidden Markov Model (SaHMM) that explicitly takes into account the factor of common friends in measure of the social tie development. Our experiments show that, comparing with results obtained using HMM and other heuristic methods, the social tie development captured by our SaHMM is significantly more consistent to lifetime profiles of users.

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“…Similarly, attachment people are willing to embrace (Buote et al, 2009) and the type of behaviours they perceive as trustworthy also differ significantly across online and offline friendships (Henderson and Gilding, 2004). …”

Section: Ethnographic Research Theories Of Friendship and The Role mentioning

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“…References to friendship within ethnographic research appear across disciplines (AllenCollinson, 2014;Christie, 2015;Edirisingha et al, 2014;Fiske, 1991;Higgins, 1996;Tillmann-Healy, 2003) where it is recognised as a meaningful and desirable bonding activity between humans that also has implications for their personal wellbeing (Adams and Kurtis, 2015;Antonio, 2001;Caroline, 1993;Gomez, 2014;Tesch et al, 1981 (Buote et al, 2009) that is embedded and enacted within the normality of everyday social engagements (Buhrmester, 1996). There is also consensus in this literature which recognises the importance of love, caring, trust, empathy, confidentiality, respect, and support as essential traits of friendships (Mackinlay and Bartleet, 2012;Sassi and Thomas, 2012;Tillmann-Healy, 2003).…”

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From “participant” to “friend”: the role of Facebook engagement in ethnographic research

Edirisingha

Abarashi

Ferguson

et al. 2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the methodological significance and potential of integrating Facebook in ethnographic research. The authors discuss how friendly relationships with participants could be initiated, fostered and managed by incorporating Facebook in ethnographic data collection and how such relationships deepen ethnographic interpretation. Design/methodology/approach This paper focuses on the methodological implications of adopting “friendship as method” during ethnographic research. The discussion is premised upon a longitudinal, multi-method ethnographic research process exploring new family identity formation in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Findings Building on friendship theories, the authors suggest that Facebook engagement helps overcome three challenges inherent to ethnographic research: gaining access and immersion, capturing multiple perspectives, and developing rich and thick interpretations. The findings illustrate that adopting Facebook as a platform to strengthen friendships with research participants expands the researcher’s field by enabling him to follow the ethics and pace of conventional friendship and by inspiring dialogical interaction with participants. Thus, it is suggested that Facebook helps diluting the power hierarchy in the participant–researcher relationship and encourages participants to reveal more subtle details of their mundane lived experiences. Originality/value Even though researchers have often used social media interactions in ethnographic research, there is no theoretical foundation to understand how such interactions could better inform the depth and richness of research phenomena. Particularly, considering the emerging significance of social media in personal identity construction, sustenance and enactment, it is import to understand how such mediums enable researchers overcome inherent methodological complexities. Therefore, this paper contributes to literature on conventional ethnography, netnography and friendship theories by presenting a theoretical framework to understand how Facebook interaction contributes to overcome challenges in conducting ethnographic research.

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Exploring similarities and differences between online and offline friendships: The role of attachment style

Cited by 82 publications

References 36 publications

Assertiveness and Anxiety Effects in Traditional and Online Interactions

Assertiveness and Anxiety Effects in Traditional and Online Interactions

It takes two to tango: Exploring social tie development with both online and offline interactions

From “participant” to “friend”: the role of Facebook engagement in ethnographic research

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