DocumentCode
1375485
Title
Friends Forever: How Young Adolescents Use Social-Networking Sites
Author
Clarke, Barbie
Author_Institution
Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Volume
24
Issue
6
fYear
2009
Firstpage
22
Lastpage
26
Abstract
Children use social-networking sites to establish identity and to find support and comfort as they go through the cognitive, physical, and emotional transitions of early adolescence.
Keywords
cognition; social networking (online); cognitive transition; emotional transitions; physical transition; social-networking sites; Discussion forums; Educational institutions; Europe; Facebook; Indium tin oxide; Internet; MySpace; Psychology; Urban areas; early adolescence; ethnographic research; social networking; society online;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1541-1672
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIS.2009.114
Filename
5372197
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