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Social Media and Its Role in Friendship-driven Interactions among Young People A Mixed Methods Study
Decieux, Jean Philippe Pierre; Heinen, Andreas; Willems, Helmut
2018In Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research, Online First
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Keywords :
Peers; Social Media; Mixed Methods; social interaction; friendship; leisure
Abstract :
[en] This article examines trends and developments in social interactions of young people and the role of social media in Luxembourg using a mixed method approach, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data. Our findings corroborate that social interactions via social media play a growing role in leisure time of young people and have changed the traditional patterns of friendship-driven social interactions among peers. We argue that although offline interactions remain very important for young people, they have been complemented and partially replaced by interactions via social media. Modes of young people’s social media interactions can be characterized as mixed modalities.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Decieux, Jean Philippe Pierre ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Heinen, Andreas ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Willems, Helmut ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Social Media and Its Role in Friendship-driven Interactions among Young People A Mixed Methods Study
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research
ISSN :
1741-3222
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
Online First
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Funders :
Luxembourgish Ministry of Education, Children and Youth and the municipality of Strassen (Luxembourg)
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