Motives and relevance of online friendships

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Motives and relevance of online friendships

A short interview-based study looks at the different motives why persons establish online friendships, for example via Facebook. Further reasons are discovered during a second study - an online focus group. This study also looked into the differences in importance that profile owners attach to diffe...

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Main Authors:	Damaschke, K., Kommers, Piet
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Inderscience Publishers 2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53211

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