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Gender differences in mediated communication: Women connect more than do men

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Compared to men, women prefer and more frequently use text messaging, social media, and online video calls, suggesting that the nature of mediated social interaction is changing.
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This article is published in Computers in Human Behavior.The article was published on 2013-05-01. It has received 270 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mediated communication & Social relation.

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Social comparisons on social media: THE impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood

TL;DR: Women high in appearance comparison tendency reported more facial, hair, and skin-related discrepancies after Facebook exposure than exposure to the control website.
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The Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale: An empirical investigation

TL;DR: The new Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale was suggested as a method of measuring media and technology involvement across a variety of types of research studies either as a single 60-item scale or any subset of the 15 subscales.
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Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook

TL;DR: Gender differences were identified among habit and disclosure gratifications; number of photos shared was negatively correlated with habit and information sharing gratifications'; the study's implications can be utilized to refine existing and develop new features and services bridging digital photos and social networking services.
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Exploring the Relationships Between Different Types of Facebook Use, Perceived Online Social Support, and Adolescents' Depressed Mood

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between different types of Facebook use, perceived online social support, and boys' and girls' depressed mood, and found that the harmful impact of Facebook usage exclusively occurs among girls who passively use Facebook and among boys who actively use Facebook in a public setting.
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A theoretical model of mobile augmented reality acceptance in urban heritage tourism

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an acceptance model for augmented reality in the context of urban heritage tourism, and five focus groups with young British female tourists visiting Dublin and experiencing a mobile AR application were conducted.
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The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites

TL;DR: Facebook usage was found to interact with measures of psychological well-being, suggesting that it might provide greater benefits for users experiencing low self-esteem and low life satisfaction.
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Sex differences in social behavior : a social-role interpretation

TL;DR: The analysis of sex differences in social behavior is presented as a new theory and a new method based on research published in “Sex Differences in Social Behavior: A New Theory and a New Method.”
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Personality and motivations associated with Facebook use

TL;DR: Investigation of how the Five-Factor Model of personality relates to Facebook use indicated that personality factors were not as influential as previous literature would suggest, but a motivation to communicate was influential in terms of Facebook use.

鄂Looking at 鈂, 鄂Looking up 鈂 or 鄂Keeping up with 鈂 People? Motives and Uses of Facebook

TL;DR: Factor analysis identified seven unique uses and gratifications of Facebook: social connection, shared identities, content, social investigation, social network surfing and status updating, and user demographics, site visit patterns and the use of privacy settings were associated with different uses and gratification.
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Whose Space? Differences Among Users and Non-Users of Social Network Sites

TL;DR: The predictors of SNS usage are looked at, with particular focus on Facebook, MySpace, Xanga, and Friendster, suggesting that use of such sites is not randomly distributed across a group of highly wired users.
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