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Intimate strangers and estranged intimates: An investigation of the impact of instant messaging and short message service on the size and strength of social networks in Kuwait.

机译：亲密的陌生人和疏远的亲密朋友：对即时消息和短消息服务对科威特社交网络的规模和强度的影响进行的调查。

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Information and communication technologies (ICT) have revolutionized how people experience spatial proximity, reality, and connectivity. These technologies provide inexpensive access to anything and anyone in the world. They also replicate face-to-face interaction in cyber-space and allow for participation in numerous modes of social exchange.;People use Information and communication technologies to write web logs (blogs), send electronic mail (email), socialize through networking sites (such as Facebook and MySpace), text each other through mobile phone Short Message Service (SMS) and chat via online instant messaging (IM). With all these applications, a debate has ignited that actual physical communication is decreasing in favor of online connectivity, thus leading to more but weaker social ties.;Previous research within the field of communication technologies has produced incongruent and contrasting results regarding the effects of ICT on human behavior and social connectivity. Additionally, only a humble body of research avails systematic representative studies tracking the sociological impact of media technologies. Such systematic research is non-existent in developing countries. Given the rarity of research in this realm and the incessant change in technology, this study aimed to examine the effects of two types of ICT, text and instant messaging, on the strength and size of three circles of social networks (family, friends and acquaintances) in Kuwait. The study also explored the potential impact of demographic characteristics on these circles.;This examination was theoretically framed by uses and gratifications. Using a self-administered a questionnaire, the study surveyed a nationally representative sample of 406 IM and/or SMS users, reflecting Kuwaiti adults between the ages of 18 to 65 years. The survey was distributed to respondents in government offices, private companies, educational institutions and malls in the State of Kuwait. Statistical analyses performed to analyze data included t-tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Chi Square, Scheffe test, Pearson correlation, crosstabs, frequencies and percentage distributions. The study formulated five research questions and tested 12 hypotheses, only one of which was rejected.;Except for the size of the family circle for social ties which was found to be insignificantly correlated to instant message usage; both the strength and size of social networks in all three examined circles were found to be significantly negatively and positively correlated, respectively, to technology usage, whether instant or text messaging. Furthermore, certain demographic factors, such as gender and marital status, played a modest role with regards to social ties.;The findings of this research effort are validated by previous academic studies and different research institutions. As reflected by the results, new communication technologies have both numerous advantages and inadvertent disadvantages. Hence, given their sheer weight as a social force, ICT should be further examined as technologies continue to advance and change social connectivity.
机译：信息和通信技术（ICT）彻底改变了人们体验空间接近性，现实性和连接性的方式。这些技术提供了对世界上任何人和任何人的廉价访问。他们还复制了网络空间中的面对面互动，并允许参与多种社会交流方式。人们使用信息和通信技术来编写Web日志（博客），发送电子邮件（电子邮件），通过网站进行社交（例如Facebook和MySpace），通过手机短信服务（SMS）互相发短信以及通过在线即时消息（IM）聊天。在所有这些应用程序中，一场辩论引发了一场争论，即实际的物理通信正在减少，以支持在线连接，从而导致更多但更弱的社会联系。；通信技术领域的先前研究在ICT的影响方面产生了不一致和相反的结果关于人类行为和社会联系。此外，只有很少的研究可以利用系统的代表性研究来跟踪媒体技术的社会学影响。发展中国家不存在这种系统的研究。考虑到这一领域的研究稀少和技术的不断变化，本研究旨在研究两种类型的ICT（文本和即时消息传递）对社交网络的三个圈子（家人，朋友和熟人）的力量和规模的影响）。该研究还探讨了人口统计学特征对这些圈子的潜在影响。该研究使用自我管理的问卷调查了全国406名IM和/或SMS用户的代表性样本，反映了18至65岁的科威特成年人。该调查已分发给科威特州政府机关，私人公司，教育机构和购物中心的受访者。为分析数据而进行的统计分析包括t检验，方差分析（ANOVA），卡方检验，Scheffe检验，Pearson相关性，交叉表，频率和百分比分布。该研究提出了五个研究问题，并测试了12个假设，其中只有一个被拒绝了。除了社会联系的家庭圈子的大小与即时消息的使用无关紧要之外；发现在所有三个调查圈子中社交网络的强度和规模都与技术使用（无论是即时消息还是文本消息）显着负相关和正相关。此外，某些人口统计学因素，例如性别和婚姻状况，在社会关系方面发挥了适度的作用。这项研究工作的结果已得到先前的学术研究和不同研究机构的验证。从结果可以看出，新的通信技术既有很多优点，也有无意中的缺点。因此，鉴于它们作为社会力量的绝对分量，随着技术不断发展和改变社会连通性，应进一步研究ICT。

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  • 作者

    Al-Sanaa, Bashaiar.;

  • 作者单位

    The University of Southern Mississippi.;

  • 授予单位 The University of Southern Mississippi.;
  • 学科 Mass Communications.;Education Technology of.;Information Science.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2009
  • 页码 114 p.
  • 总页数 114
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 传播理论;信息与知识传播;
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