Undergraduates, Technology, and Social Connections

Autor/inn/en	Palmer, Betsy; Boniek, Susan; Turner, Elena; Lovell, Elyse D'nn
Titel	Undergraduates, Technology, and Social Connections
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 48 (2014) 2, S.281-296 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Social Networks; Interaction; Network Analysis; Information Technology; Qualitative Research; Phenomenology; Interviews; Participant Characteristics; Mass Media Use; Parent Child Relationship; Family Relationship; Friendship; Web 2.0 Technologies; Computer Mediated Communication; Handheld Devices; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Interaktion; Netzplantechnik; Informationstechnologie; Qualitative Forschung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Mediennutzung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Freundschaft; Computerkonferenz; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the spectrum of undergraduate students' social interactions and related technological tools. Qualitative methods were used for this phenomenological study exploring 35 in-person interviews, with horizonalization in an open coding system secured by in-depth analysis which revealed nuanced themes and connections between students' technological tools and their social communication. Results showed that the circle of undergraduate connections included family members, local and distant friends, and official university contacts. Students described using a variety of technological tools for these social connections, often but not always with particular technologies used for specific types of social relationships. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10