`IM me': Instant messaging as relational maintenance and everyday communication

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Attitudes Toward Online Social Connection and Self-Disclosure as Predictors of Facebook Communication and Relational Closeness (2011, background): “…tie strength is a moderator (i.e., such that strong ties communicate across many media whereas weak ties use fewer media), most studies find a significantly positive association between offline and online frequency with a specific relational partner (Baym et al., 2004; Ramirez & Broneck, 2009).”
A Communicative Interdependence Perspective of Close Relationships: The Connections Between Mediated and Unmediated Interactions Matter (2013, background): “Our communication interdependence perspective builds upon media multiplexity theory (Haythornthwaite, 2005) and empirical findings suggesting that relational closeness is linked to multiple modes of communication (Ramirez & Broneck, 2009).”
Relationshopping: Investigating the market metaphor in online dating (2010, unknown): “While other recent literature has investigated the use of Internet technologies for relational maintenance (e.g., Ramirez & Broneck, 2009), the online dating context calls attention to the ways in which such technologies may facilitate the initiation and formation of new relationships.”