کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
880815 911686 2012 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Friendship 2.0: Adolescents' experiences of belonging and self-disclosure online
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Friendship 2.0: Adolescents' experiences of belonging and self-disclosure online
چکیده انگلیسی

This study explores the role that digital media technologies play in adolescents' experiences of friendship and identity. The author draws on findings from in-depth interviews with 32 adolescents (15 girls, 17 boys) ages 13–18 (M = 15.5 years) attending one of seven secondary schools in Bermuda. The adolescents were asked to describe the nature of their online exchanges with friends and the value they ascribe to these conversations. A thematic analysis of their responses revealed that online peer communications promote adolescents' sense of belonging and self-disclosure, two important peer processes that support identity development during adolescence. At the same time, the unique features of computer-mediated communication shape adolescents' experiences of these processes in distinct ways. Gender and age differences show that adolescents' online peer communications are not uniform; the characteristics that distinguish adolescents offline also shape their online activities.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Adolescence - Volume 35, Issue 6, December 2012, Pages 1527–1536
نویسندگان
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