The Internet has been changed not only business modeling design in the enterprises but also the lives of average citizens as much as did the telephone in the early part of the 20th century. There are some users applied the Internet for the task such as data collection, information searching and social network building. One specific application is making friends in the Internet. However, few wallow in acquaintanceship while they are surfing in the virtual world, that effects their normal social life dramatically. Researchers and social critics are debating whether the Internet is improving or harming participation in community life and social relationships.
After reviewing the previous literatures, we adopt TPB (Theory of Planned Behavior) and Interpersonal Theory to explore the reasons of making friends in the Internet. This study results suggest that, first, some users extend their social network in the physical world to the Internet. Second, virtual relationship substitutes for the physical relationship. Finally, others¡¦ anxiety is increased while they were not able to satisfy the virtual acquaintanceship.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0701101-194321 |
| Date | 01 July 2001 |
| Creators | Liu, Chia-Yi |
| Contributors | Fen-Hui Lin, Ping Shaw, Fen-Yang Kuo |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0701101-194321 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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