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Rationale for “Liking” on Social Networking Sites [PDF]
Social Science Computer Review, 2018 The “ like” feature is popularly utilized by online social media users for different reasons including socializing, giving feedback and giving or seeking attention as well as for pure affection. The “ like” function is a gamified element of social networking sites used billions of times per day.
Puneet Kaur +5 more
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When Your Friends Become Sellers: An Empirical Study of Social Commerce Site Beidian [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Past few years have witnessed the emergence and phenomenal success of strong-tie based social commerce. Embedded in social networking sites, these E-Commerce platforms transform ordinary people into sellers, where they advertise and sell products to their friends and family in online social networks.
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Social Network Sites, Individual Social Capital and Happiness [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 Can online social contacts replace the importance of real-life social connections in our pursuit of happiness? With the growing use of social network sites (SNSs), attention has been increasingly drawn to this topic. Our study empirically examines the effect of SNS use on happiness for different subgroups of young adults.
Martijn Burger +4 more
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BMC PsychologyObjective Grandparental care has become a common phenomenon, yet there is still limited research on the long-term psychological effects on children raised by their grandparents.
Shaobo Zeng +5 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 Perception of the autonomy and relatedness of the self may be influenced by one’s experiences and social expectations within a particular cultural setting.
Lee eSoon Li +4 more
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Social Networks Sites : Usage and Effects
Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 2013 The aim of this paper is to explore the students’ use of social networks sites (SNSs) and its effects on students’ achievement. A questionnaire using a Liker type scale was distributed to a sample of 120 undergraduate students who participated in the study. The results show that students use SNSs for social matters more than for academic purposes.
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Do highly cited clinicians get more citations when being present at social networking sites?
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2018 Background and Aims: The advent of social networking sites has facilitated the dissemination of scientific research. This article aims to investigate the presence of Iranian highly cited clinicians in social networking sites.
Fatemeh Ramezani-Pakpour-Langeroudi +2 more
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Preparation of Multi-Motive Grid Questionnaire for Social Networking Sites Use.
PLoS ONE, 2020 This study draws on previous studies to develop the Social Networking Sites Use Multi-Motive Grid Questionnaire (SNSU-MMG) and test its reliability and validity.
Juan Hou +4 more
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Analysis of the Presence of Most Best-Ranked Universities on Social Networking Sites
Informatics, 2020 Universities are becoming aware of the importance of social networking sites for the reinforcement of their institutional brands. This study was conducted to analyze the extent to which best-ranked universities use social networking sites. A quantitative
Gabriel Valerio-Ureña +2 more
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Semantic Social Network Analysis [PDF]
arXiv, 2009 Social Network Analysis (SNA) tries to understand and exploit the key features of social networks in order to manage their life cycle and predict their evolution. Increasingly popular web 2.0 sites are forming huge social network. Classical methods from social network analysis (SNA) have been applied to such online networks.
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