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Gore, Megan Christine.

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The Digital Self: A Qualitative Approach to Studying Female College Students' Use of Social-Networking Platforms.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Digital Self: A Qualitative Approach to Studying Female College Students' Use of Social-Networking Platforms./
Author:	Gore, Megan Christine.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	148 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-10A(E).
Subject:	Communication. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10787370
ISBN:	9780438019546

The Digital Self: A Qualitative Approach to Studying Female College Students' Use of Social-Networking Platforms.
Gore, Megan Christine.

The Digital Self: A Qualitative Approach to Studying Female College Students' Use of Social-Networking Platforms. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 148 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Eastern Michigan University, 2018.

The purpose of this research was to understand how female college students make use of social networks, specifically how they use the medium to connect with others. Researching social-networking use pertaining to the phenomenon of connection will give a richer understanding of female students' lived experience of social networking. Many quantitative studies have been conducted about social networking, but more qualitative measures are needed to explore social networking. With the continuously changing social-networking platforms, there is little research that sheds light on social-networking use among female college students. My goal was to conduct a qualitative research study that examined female college students' use of social-networking platforms, specifically how they use the medium to connect, by conducting an exploratory instrumental case study, using experience sampling and the VisionsLive qualitative software platform for data collection. My unit of analysis was six female college students attending a comprehensive Midwestern university. I sought to answer five research questions through my research: 1. What social-networking platforms are female college students using? a. Which social-networking platforms are female college students using most often? 2. How do female college students describe their social-networking use? 3. In what ways do college women describe connecting through social networks? a. Who are female college students connecting with through social-networking platforms? 4. How do female college students describe their needs, and how is social networking related to those needs? 5. How do female college students describe their feelings about the use of social-networking platforms and connecting?

ISBN: 9780438019546Subjects--Topical Terms:

524709
Communication.

The Digital Self: A Qualitative Approach to Studying Female College Students' Use of Social-Networking Platforms.
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