Friday, December 3, 2010

Facebook actually helps social interactions

University of Texas research suggests social networking sites like Facebook actually help strengthen rather than weaken personal ties and relationships.

UTexas news release has lots more summaries Study: Social Media Strengthen Social Ties, Various Demographics Engage Differently - also summaries are at http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/

Full text "Got Facebook? Investigating What's Social About Social Media" (PDF) study.

Reuters report 23 Nov 2010.

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