"Facebook and Myspace: Complement or Substitute for Face to Face Interaction"

Kujath, C. L. (2011). Facebook and MySpace: Complement or Substitute for Face-to-Face Interaction?. CyberPsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, 14(1/2), 75-78. doi:10.1089/cyber.2009.0311

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The study "Facebook and MySpace: Complement or Substitute for Face to Face Interaction," by Kujath L. Carlyne wants to determine if MySpace and Facebook are used as a substitute for real human interaction. The author conducted a survey with 183 college students to get all the information she needed to determine if what she thought was true. The author found that the type of communication is not a substitute but instead an extension of communication between friends. Social networking has become very popular over the years among college students. The author states that 80% of college students use Facebook and a total of 54% of college students use MySpace. The author found that both Facebook and MySpace were sites used to maintain past relationships instead of creating new relationships. The author concludes that Facebook is more popular than MySpace and that users mostly rely on both the networking sites for intrapersonal communication.