“I’ll See You on IM, Text, or Call You”
A Social Network Approach of Adolescents’ Use of Communication Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20360533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katrien Van Cleemput (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 75-85 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Science Technology & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0270-4676 • E-ISSN: 1552-4183 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0270467610363143 |
| OpenAlex | W2162766153 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 43 |
This study explores some possibilities of social network analysis for studying adolescents’ communication patterns. A full network analysis was conducted on third-grade high school students (15 year olds, 137 students) in Belgium. The results pointed out that face-to-face communication was still the most prominent way for information to flow through the network. Interactions through communication media (e-mail, instant messaging, text messaging, mobile phone, and landline phone), however, supplemented this flow of information in a substantive way. Communication media use patterns were characterized by multiplexity and could be placed on a unidimensional scale indicating a media hierarchy. Close friends (strong ties) used all communication media at their disposal to connect with each other; students who were just friends (weak ties) preferred face-to-face communication and social network sites. In the discussion, some other possibilities of social network analysis for studying adolescents’ communication media are discussed
Communication studies · Computer-mediated communication · Hierarchy · Instant messaging · Internet privacy · Landline · Linguistics · Mass communication · Mobile phone · Phone · Political science · Social media · Social network analysis · Sociology · Telecommunications · Text messaging · The Internet · World Wide Web · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics
Friendship Type, Clique Formation and the Everyday Use of Communication Technologies in a Peer Group
The BlackBerry Project
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Uses and gratifications sought by pre-adolescent and adolescent TikTok consumers
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Influencers on YouTube
Short-sighted ghosts. Psychological antecedents and consequences of ghosting others within emerging adults’ romantic relationships and friendships
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Persistence and Change in Social Media
Bullying on the pixel playground
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Facebook Use and Texting Among African American and Hispanic Teenagers
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Mobile Phone Use in Romantic Relationships
Personal characteristics and contextual factors that determine “helping,” “joining in,” and “doing nothing” when witnessing cyberbullying
Platformed Interactions
Social Media and Teens
The Implications of Networked Individualism for Social Participation
Multidimensional Scaling
Unidimensional Scaling
The adolescent society
Personal Networks and the Personal Communication System
University Students' Local And Distant Social Ties
Social networks and Internet connectivity effects
Implications of Mobility
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Beyond answers
Instant Identity
Social Interactions Across Media
Studying Online Social Networks
IMing, Text Messaging, and Adolescent Social Networks
Configurations of Relationships in Different Media
Adolescent Social Crowds
Adolescent Social Networks
Exploring Multiplexity
The Social Structure of Urban Adolescent Peer Groups
The structure of adolescent peer networks
Theories of Communication Networks
The Peer Group as a Context for the Development of Young Adolescent Motivation and Achievement
Social Network Sites
The Adolescent Society. The Social Life of the Teenager and Its Impact on Education
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |