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Your Number of Facebook Friends

Your Number of Facebook Friends. - And the effect on your social status. Group 9: Christina Ida Eriksen Pernille Søes Astrup Sisse Liebst Bundgaard. Disposition. Research question Thesis Background Methods Findings Analysis. Research question.

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Your Number of Facebook Friends

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  1. Your Number of FacebookFriends - And the effectonyour social status Group 9: Christina Ida Eriksen Pernille Søes Astrup Sisse Liebst Bundgaard

  2. Disposition • Research question • Thesis • Background • Methods • Findings • Analysis

  3. Research question • What is the relationship between the number of Facebook friends a person has and a person’s social status?

  4. Thesis • Assumption: Webelievethere is a relationship

  5. Background • Facebook • Social media • Offline vs. online • Changes in the view of Facebook friends • Target group

  6. Methods • Semi-structured interview • 2 and 2 • Notes and recorded • Profile handout • GroundedTheory • Categories, themes, sorting of themes

  7. Findings • Self-contradictory • They did not show us - but they told us! • Taboo • Manyfriends = ”friendaddiction” • Fewfriends = excuses

  8. Analysis • In relation to our research question: • There is a relationsship, but what kind? • It is a sensitive subject? • Facework

  9. Here’s the gist… • Interestingfindings • Therecouldbe a relationshipbetween social status and friendcount, but which kind? • Definitelypotetial for further research in thisarea • The use of Facebookmaybechanging

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