Expanded study will track adolescent behavior on Facebook
A large-scale, long-term UT Dallas study focusing on adolescent friendships and electronic communication is expanding to include Facebook posts.
A large-scale, long-term UT Dallas study focusing on adolescent friendships and electronic communication is expanding to include Facebook posts.
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2012
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The University of Bristol study identified these as the three most influential factors when teenagers choose their friends, while income and parents occupational class proved to be insignificant.
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2011
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A new report on young people's use of social networking and cyber safety reveals that young people may be more aware and better able to manage online risks than their parents commonly think.
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's like Confucius says: Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2011
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In childhood, boys and girls tend to form friendships almost exclusively with same-sex peers. Around early adolescence, they gradually begin to include other-sex friends in their network. A new study published in Journal ...
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2011
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New research from the University of Pennsylvania is challenging some longtime assumptions about why human beings seek and keep their friends, and it reveals a somewhat darker side to the very nature of friendship itself.
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Your friends are probably more popular than you are. And this "friendship paradox" may help predict the spread of infectious disease.
Mathematics
Sep 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Study by Temple professor finds that college students use Facebook photos to portray an idealized college life.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2010
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White students generally increased their number of interracial friendships during their first year of college, while black students showed a slight decrease, according to a study at one highly selective private university.
Social Sciences
May 28, 2009
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