This position paper explores the dual nature of friendship relations as an enabler but also as a pitfall for privacy in social networks. The privacy-deteriorating consequences of unilateral friendship disclosure are quantified for an existing medium-sized social network site. A lightweight implementation of hidden friendship using existing standards is proposed and assessed for practicable and ...

The present article seeks to investigate how pathological use of social networking sites (SNS) in mothers is related to their marital satisfaction,  mother-child relationship, and children’s behavioral problems. This study had a mixed methods research design with quantitative and qualitative components. In the quantitative part with correlational design, 323 mothers who had preschool children w...

Social networking sites (SNS) provide innovative social bonding methods known as social grooming. These have drastically decreased time and distance constraints of social grooming. Here we show two type social grooming (elaborate social grooming and lightweight social grooming) discovered in a model constructed by thirty communication data-sets including face to face, SNS, mobile phones, and Ch...

This study aimed to examine smartphone use patterns, smartphone addiction characteristics, and the predictive factors of the smartphone addiction in middle school students in South Korea. According to the Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale scores, 563 (30.9%) were classified as a risk group for smartphone addiction and 1261 (69.1%) were identified as a normal user group. The adolescents used ...

Mobile devices are very important to blind people’s autonomy and social life. Likewise, Social Networking Sites (SNS) promote social inclusion and are widely used by blind people. Previous research already focused on the accessibility of mobile devices and SNS in separate; however, little effort has been made to understand the barriers that blind people face when interacting with mobile social ...

writing has always been considered an important literacy skill for foreign/second language learners. the internet provides such unique applications for the writing skill as weblogs, wikis, and social networking websites. up to now researchers have put their focus on the learners’ performances in the traditional paper and pencil environment or wikis and blogs it is time to also consider learners...

We analyze the results of a survey distributed to heavy users of social networking website on current mobile communications practices regarding location disclosure. We discovered that deception on location disclosure is a common practice amongst this demographic. We also discovered privacy issues of location are reduced in line with cue accuracy. We discuss the social behavior of deception in l...

GPS navigation has become an irresistible trend embedded into mobile phone while these powerful platforms would fulfill 3D display functionality in near future. The MEMS technology makes small profile sensor manufacturing possible, which could be integrated into the mobilephone quiet easily. Such integration would enhance the availability and robusticity of navigation solution greatly. The pape...