Online Social Networks On-The-Go: An Exploration of Facebook on the Mobile Phone

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  • Louise Barkhuus
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University students are tech-savvy and heavy users of both mobile phones and online social networks. Facebook is particularly popular and research has addressed many different questions regarding use of this specific online social network. In this Horizon paper we look into how university students use online social networks from mobile devices, a topic that has yet to receive significant attention. Through a series of semistructured interviews we specifically looked into uses and motivations for using Facebook through mobile devices. We found the main watchword to be ‘convenience’ and present three aspects that contribute to this motivation.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011