Virtual interactions with friends
Keywords:
internet, interaction, communication, friendshipsAbstract
In the paper entitled “Virtual interactions with friends” it is analysed the results of a nationally representative survey of Spanish internet users. It is part of the R&DI project geared towards analysing the social uses of virtualization. It is examined data from 2800 internet users aged between 16 and 74 years old and it is described the features of those who communicate online with their friends. The goal is to explain how is the configuration of the interdependences between the factors that determine that kind of communications. The issue of privacy during the development of virtual interactions is covered as well as the importance and assessment the internet users give to them. Notable among the results is the fact that some of the most remarkable factors having an impact on the so-called “digital device” have now ceased or are narrowing in the virtual communication with friends.
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