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- 2. SIT BACK, RELAX, AND ENJOY THE SHOW!
- 3. Definition of self-disclosure “Any message about the self that another person communicates to another” (Wheeless & Grontz, 1976).
- 4. [purpose OF THE RESEARCH STUDY Show the difference in levels of self-disclosure from undergraduate students on Facebook. Upperclassmen Underclassmen
- 5. LITERATURE REVIEW Social Penetration Theory “As a relationship develops, participants in the relationship have to penetrate deeper and deeper into private and personal matters” (Altman & Taylor, 1987).
- 6. LITERATURE REVIEW Benefits of self-disclosure: Increased trust Increased liking Often loving Increased attraction Increased mental health (Rosenfled, 1979)
- 7. Literature review Risks of self-disclosure: Stalking from strangers Lack of privacy Potential job threat Face-to-face interaction absent
- 8. methodology Questionnaire Variables Hypothesis Survey Design
- 9. results Categories Themes Comments
- 10. results GRAPH of posts
- 11. results GRAPH of pictures
- 12. ANALYSIS Participants educated on risks and benefits Did not support the hypothesis Hayworth vs. Traditional
- 13. LIMITATIONS Categories of participants Sample size Truth behind the answers given Clarity
- 14. FUTURE RESEARCH Equal demographics Larger sample Question about parents
- 15. QUESTIONS? Social penetration theory
- 16. References (Altman & Taylor, 1987) (Rosenfled, 1979) Wheeless Youtube video
Editor's Notes
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- JENNThis is where you can talk about how many people have FB:Over 500 million users are on Facebook (facebook.com/statistics). Created a portal for users where they “can present themselves on their individual profiles, make links to other users and communicate with them” (Gross and Acquisti, 2005). Some Facebook users have presented the online networking site with more personal information than others, when disclosing information there is benefits and risk that are associated with the disclosure.
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- AMANDASelf concept leads to Self acceptance Feelings of security Greater tolerance for a wider range of behavior from others
- AMANDAStrangers have access to the personal information that is displayed on a person’s profile. Peluchette and Karl (2007) found that 53% of Facebook profiles had photos related to alcohol consumption, 50% were profanity laden, and 25% included provocative photos. Smartphones can auto sync contact informationExecutive recruiters analyze potential employees Facebook accountsWithout face to face interaction it is difficult to fully comprehend emotions through messages.
- BRITTANYvariablesH1: The closer to graduation the more precaution is used and personal information is disclosed.H2: The older the users the smarter they are about providing less information. survey design
- BRITTANY Categories when going through the dataseperated by upperclassmen under and hayworthThemes within the results like most people would talk about family etc most had private profiles and agreed that ppl disclose too much on facebook types of photos – categories within those most all of them used precaution when posting Hayworth was differentComments from upperclassmen from underclassmen
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- SBJResults yielded that participants had some education about the risks and benefits of self-disclosure through Facebook.
- SBJ***results and findings will never be constantw social profilesCategorieswerent equalhayworth, under, upper, boys girlsHaving more than 75 would help and would get more accurate results it would be more of a diverse population.. not just at queens, in clt, american, etcvalidity; did they purposfully lie do they think they’re being precautious when they really arentSome questions were hard for the studetns to understand public and update
- SBJEqual demographics of both people and gender ageParents – if parents have facebook will that discourage people to post inappropriate thingsWE LEARNED A LOT?