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techsoc @techsoc
.@nytkeller: time spent on "your 200 Facebook friends" is at expense of "in person" sociality. Research says otherwise. is.gd/BRZsXF
Wed, Jun 22 2011 08:44:36
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techsoc @techsoc
IOW, after many factors (race, gender, educ) statistically equalized, people who used more social media like FB had more very close ties.
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:05:57
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techsoc @techsoc
.@nytkeller "use of certain 'social media' - were .. associated w/ having a larger number of confidants" --this after regression controls.
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:04:20
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nytkeller @nytkeller
@techsoc Um, did you plan on linking to the research?
Wed, Jun 22 2011 08:57:17
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techsoc @techsoc
Yes. Here's non-paywalled article from @mysocnet bit.ly/kRelbB @nytkeller: @techsoc Um, did you plan on linking to the research?
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:03:09
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techsoc @techsoc
.@nytkeller My earlier paper (college age, not national) finds same number of friends b/w users & non-users of FB. bit.ly/lX897d
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:14:37
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techsoc @techsoc
.@nytkeller Nationally-representative sample, @barrywellman & Wang: bit.ly/lTOHPV Either no diff or heavy net-users have more friends
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:20:10
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techsoc @techsoc
Correction, sorry. RT @mubaraketganen: @mysocnet @nytkeller there was an extra RT at the end of the link, this works bit.ly/acnWcM
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:25:07
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.@nytkeller Jeffrey Boase study from 2006 about email. Email users had more close ties than non-users. bit.ly/acjJYj
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:26:25
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techsoc @techsoc
.@nytkeller I have detailed but old anaylsis of Gen. Social Survey 04 (probably best soc. science survey ) -under review- w/ similar results
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:31:20
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techsoc @techsoc
.@nytkeller, latest @pewinternet by @mysocnet bit.ly/jphw7B. Need to look at regressions. No effect of FB or Twitter on network size.
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:39:03
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reyjunco @reyjunco
@techsoc @nytkeller I also have paper under review where I found student time on FB is + related to time spent in co-curricular activities
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:40:37
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techsoc @techsoc
.@nytkeller Other smaller research exists, too. All increasingly find little effect or more ties of Net users. None I know shows fewer ties.
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:41:25
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techsoc @techsoc
.@nytkeller Also don't know of recent research showing notable "displacement" of offline ties by online ones--as you voiced. Au contraire.
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:43:13
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techsoc @techsoc
Finally, .@nytkeller important to use regressions so effect of Internet use isn't exaggerated, i.e. not a proxy for education, income, etc.
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:46:23
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techsoc @techsoc
OK, folks, over &out, need to finish that revision I mentioned. @nytkeller totally right on about that. Twitter can displace writing time:-)
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:51:01
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techsoc @techsoc
Yes, excellent book RT @nancybaym: @nytkeller You could also read my book that summarizes this research, esp chapter 6: bit.ly/mgtH7T
Wed, Jun 22 2011 10:11:56
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zunguzungu @zunguzungu
I feel like I just saw @techsoc pull Marshall McLuhan out from behind a movie poster: t.co/XA1UOIS
Wed, Jun 22 2011 09:59:22
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