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Mesch, Gustavo. and Talmud, Ilan. "Homophily and Quality of Online and Offline Social Relationships among Adolescents" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p18858_index.html>

Mesch, G. S. and Talmud, I. , 2005-08-12 "Homophily and Quality of Online and Offline Social Relationships among Adolescents" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p18858_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Studies on online social relationships have focused on how Internet use is associated with sociability, but have not compared the quality of online with offline relationships. On the other hand, studies on adolescent friendship formation have used school samples disregarding the Internet as a new social context for it. We took a different approach, studying the relationship between the social context of acquaintance (school, neighborhood, and online) and the structure and quality of friendships among adolescents. We relied on the proximity-similarity hypothesis that homophily between friends results from organized social activities wherein individuals sharing demographic characteristics are more likely to associate with each other. We found that when a friend was met at school the likelihood of homophily in age, gender, and place of residence was higher than when contact was made in the residential locality or online. Additionally, similarity in age and gender were not related to the strength of ties, but friends met in the same locality were usually closer than those living in another city. However, social similarity mattered even for friends who were met online. The more similar an online friend was in residence and gender, the stronger was the social tie.

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