psychResearch’s blog Vox 2007-05-09T14:20:53Z psychResearch http://psychresearch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4143333436a47/ Introduction tag:vox.com,2007-05-09:asset-6a00d4143333436a4700d09e6a5fdabe2b 2007-05-09T12:49:25Z 2007-05-09T14:20:53Z psychResearch http://psychresearch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Throughout the course of the past two months, our project went through a lot of changes. Originally, we thought our project could be about online addiction, the consequences of misinformation online and possible interventions, or relationships and...

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]]> Demographics tag:vox.com,2007-05-09:asset-6a00d4143333436a4700cd972886844cd5 2007-05-09T12:48:50Z 2007-05-09T14:13:01Z psychResearch http://psychresearch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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]]> Sample Caveats tag:vox.com,2007-05-09:asset-6a00d4143333436a4700d41434314d6a47 2007-05-09T12:44:35Z 2007-05-09T14:07:34Z psychResearch http://psychresearch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom As you can probably tell from the demographic information presented, our sample is rather skewed towards Caucasian female undergraduates, and Facebook users. As such, although a number of interesting differences in terms of usage emerged between ...

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Facebook MySpace Daily logins 80% Facebook 50% MySpace Possible Explanations mini-feed email updates

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Facebook MySpace Main use of both sites are keeping up with current friends Myspace self expression Facebook more likely to learn about classmates and coordinate events

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]]> How satisfied are you with your experience? (Facebook vs MySpace) tag:vox.com,2007-05-07:asset-6a00d4143333436a4700d4142f5f9c685e 2007-05-07T01:09:00Z 2007-05-09T14:32:22Z psychResearch http://psychresearch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Facebook MySpace A greater number of MySpace users are dissatisfied with the website, possibly because of poor security, spam, interface issues, and the complexity of profile design.

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]]> Approximately how many friends do you have? (Facebook vs MySpace) tag:vox.com,2007-05-07:asset-6a00d4143333436a4700d4142f5ee8685e 2007-05-07T00:56:53Z 2007-05-09T14:35:01Z psychResearch http://psychresearch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Facebook MySpace Facebook users have a surprisingly high number of friends. 50.9% people reported to have more than 200 friends and only 6.6% have less than 50 friends. MySpace only 10.2% of users have over 200 people registered on the...

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Facebook Myspace MySpace high degree of not knowing their friends.

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]]> Number of past and / or present relationships that you established through (Facebook vs. MySpace) tag:vox.com,2007-05-06:asset-6a00d4143333436a4700cd9727cfca4cd5 2007-05-06T23:38:47Z 2007-05-09T14:38:36Z psychResearch http://psychresearch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Facebook Responses Myspace Presumably, the first goal of MySpace and Facebook users is to expand of their social network. However, according to these charts, the majority of users use the sites to maintain already existing relationships.

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]]> Conclusion and interesting quotes from open ended questions. tag:vox.com,2007-05-06:asset-6a00d4143333436a4700d09e696378be2b 2007-05-06T00:49:58Z 2007-05-09T14:18:48Z psychResearch http://psychresearch.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom You Tube Video Public Service Announcement How Do You Use Facebook? - "I keep in contact with friends who go to different schools when I don't necessarily have the time to call all of them everyday. It is also a good way to keep track of various...

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