Honors Program Theses
Award/Availability
Open Access Honors Program Thesis
First Advisor
Rex Karsten
Keywords
Facebook (Electronic resource); Online social networks;
Abstract
A survey of 407 students was conducted at a medium-sized Midwestern university to examine what motivates college students to have friends on Facebook. The goal of the study was to see if people interact with more Facebook friends than they do offline friends on a regular basis and to see if the primary reason students become friends with others on Facebook is to increase their popularity. The results suggest that students do not become Facebook friends with others to increase their popularity, which is in contrast to previous research. Results were inconclusive in determining if people regularly interact with more Facebook friends than they do offline friends
Year of Submission
2009
Department
Department of Management
University Honors Designation
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors
Date Original
2009
Object Description
36 p.
Copyright
© 2009 Michael J. Cronin
Language
EN
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Cronin, Michael J., "The purpose of Facebook: The value of Facebook friends in increasing self-perceived popularity" (2009). Honors Program Theses. 69.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/69
