Making Friends in Cyberspace.

Parks, Malcolm R.; Floyd, Kory

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Publication Date: 1996

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Making Friends in Cyberspace.

Parks, Malcolm R.; Floyd, Kory

Journal of Communication, v46 n1 p80-97 Win 1996

Finds that just over 60% of a random sample of people in an Internet newsgroup reported forming a personal relationship with someone they had first contacted through a newsgroup. Shows that nearly two-thirds of those whose personal relationship began online chose to have other forms of contact as well. (SR)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Mediated Communication, Higher Education, Human Relations, Internet, Interpersonal Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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