Marital status, individualism and on-line groups. Does the Internet have a “magnifying glass effect”? Sorin Matei Communication Technology and Community Program Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California The research presented in this paper uses datasets obtained from Metamorphosis, an Annenberg School for Communication (USC) Communication Technology and Community Program project

MAGNIFYING GLASS EFFECT Main effects both for marital status ( F (1, 78)=11.11, p = .01) and for on-line friendship ( F (1, 78)=6.0, p <.05).

Interaction effect between marital status and personal ties on-line, F(1, 263)=5.34, p<.05