MySpace and Facebook: Identifying Dimensions of Uses and Gratifications for Friend Networking Sites

By Jennifer Bonds-Raacke, John Raacke. Individual Differences Research, 2010

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Research examining friend networking sites has greatly increased in the past several months exploring topics related to general use, psychological well being, and content analysis of profiles to name a few. The current study sought to identify dimensions of uses and gratifications for users of friend networking sites. Results identified the following three dimensions: the Information Dimension, the Friendship Dimension, and the Connection Dimension. Sex differences also existed with regards to use of friend networking sites. For example, men were more likely to use the sites for dating purposes and women were more likely to set their accounts to private. A discussion of the results is presented in light of the uses and gratifications obtained from the use of friend networking sites.

Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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The effects of personality traits, self-esteem, loneliness, and narcissism on Facebook use among university students (2012, methodology): “Social networking sites, such as Facebook, are one method people use to connect with others socially on the internet (Bonds-Raacke & Raacke, 2010).”
Facebook use and adolescents emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress (2014, background): “(1)Reasons for joining this site include maintenance of relationship, to meet new people, to communicate information, to express their beliefs, and some used Facebook out of boredom.(8) – 10 This phenomenal advancement of social networking is no doubt has revolutionized the concept of socialization ”
Does Facebook make you lonely?: A meta analysis (2014, background): “With over one billion users as of October 2012, Facebook is the most popular among many Internet-based applications people use to connect socially with others (Bonds-Raacke & Raacke, 2010; Fowler, 2012).”
Social media marketing: Comparative effect of advertisement sources (2017, background): “Analysing the effectiveness of advertisements and source derogation, several researchers (Barnes & Mattson, 2009; Bonds-Raacke and Raacke, 2010; Schudson, 2013) revealed that the impact of viral marketing potentially depends on how consumers perceive its value in terms of discourse and hedonic enjoy”
Facebook Psychology: Popular Questions Answered by Research (2012, background): “Bonds-Raacke and Raacke (2010) identified three core dimensions of use: information, friendship, and communication. These dimensions are consistent with earlier research, which showed that Facebook users sign-up principally to keep up-to-date with old and new friends, and for such purposes as organi”