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Barker, Valerie. "Older Adolescents' Motivations for Use of Social Networking Sites: The Influence of Group Identity and Collective Self-esteem" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 22, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p230574_index.html>

Barker, V. E. , 2008-05-22 "Older Adolescents' Motivations for Use of Social Networking Sites: The Influence of Group Identity and Collective Self-esteem" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p230574_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project (2007), social networking web-sites are sites where users create a profile and connect their profile to others for the purpose of forming a personal network. Older adolescents are frequent users of such social networking sites and therefore one goal of this study was to investigate their motives for use of them. The findings revealed that for the 703 older adolescents in this survey there were four motivations for use of social networking sites: passing time, entertainment, social identity gratifications and virtual companionship. Among participants who identified with their peer groups and reported positive feelings about them, the most important motivations for use were ritual in nature -- entertainment and passing time. By contrast, those participants who did not identify strongly with their peer groups and felt negative about them appeared to act instrumentally by seeking virtual companionship from social networking sites.

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