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Introduction

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:49:25 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:48:50 -0700

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Sample Caveats

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:44:35 -0700

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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Frequency of usage. (Facebook vs MySpace)

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:19:15 -0700

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

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Facebook vs MySpace usage.

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:15:15 -0700

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)

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:09:00 -0700

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)

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Sun, 06 May 2007 17:56:53 -0700

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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Percent of friends that are close friends, acquaintances, or those you don't know very well

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Sun, 06 May 2007 17:44:09 -0700

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)

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:38:47 -0700

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.

nobody@vox.com(psychResearch) — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:49:58 -0700

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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