(Are you an…, 2008, ¶ 5)
Friends online, off-line
Dan Tynan (2008), a self-acclaimed expert on technology, contends in the article, "The etiquette of social networking: How to make friends online without alienating anybody," that friends on Facebook may not be exactly whom they claim to be. Tynan relates information regarding: "How to approach strangers online, handle unwelcome solicitations, or make real friends out of virtual ones" (Tynan, ¶ 1). Some individuals on Facebook only invite people they know well. Some invite people they know little about, while some invite strangers to become their friends online. Facebook automatically suggests people one might know as "friends," based on individuals already in their network. In general, friends make better connections when some kind of link exists to the person; when a valid reason exists for making the "friend" connection. Section 5: Method
The Method section, section 4, relates the method the researcher utilized to obtain data to analyze and combine with the literature reviewed to address the researcher questions developed for this study.
Section 6: Analysis
The Analysis section analyzes information from this study survey, along with information retrieved during the literature review.
Section 7: Discussion
The Discussion section explicates findings from the researcher retrieved from the information assessed form the literature review, along with findings from the analysis of the questionnaire.
Section 8: Conclusion
The Conclusion section presents a synopsis of relevant findings from the study efforts and relates the researcher's concluding thoughts. The researcher also recounts a sure, succinct, statement of this study's significance, as well as confirms the answers for this study's primary and researched sub-questions. The most relevant findings of the study are also related in this study's concluding...
Based on researched findings, the researcher then recommends considerations for prospective research, and notes any changes that, in hindsight, could have contributed to the strengthening the study.
CONCLUSION
Analyses conducted on the results of this study's participants suggest that those individuals who possessed higher self-esteem reported a realistically high number of friends.
REFERENCES
"Are you an 'Alpha socialiser' or an 'attention seeker'?...Ofcom Research Identifies Social
Networking Profiles." (2008). M2 Presswire. M2 Communications Ltd. Retrieved May
02, 2009 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1177378076.html
The Columbia World of Quotations. (1996). New York: Columbia University Press. Retrieved May 02, 2009 from: www.bartleby.com/66/
Facebook. (2009). Retrieved
May 02, 2009 from: http://www.facebook.com/
DiGirolamo, Matthew. (2007). Study: social networks like Facebook boost 'social capital', self-esteem. University Wire. Retrieved May 02, 2009 from HighBeam Research:
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-144534871.html
Levy, Steven. (2008). How many friends is too many? Newsweek. Newsweek, Inc. Retrieved
May 02, 2009 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1179174328.html
Maas, Nancy. (2008). Social networking gains popularity with all ages. Wireless Design & Development. Advantage Business Media. Retrieved May 02, 2009 from HighBeam
Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-183982090.html
PHP. (2009). Acronym Finder. Retrieved May 2, 2009 http://www.acronymfinder.com/PHP.html.
Tynan, Dan. (2008). The etiquette of social networking: how to make friends online without alienating anybody. Macworld. Mac Publishing. Retrieved May 02, 2009 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-197998921.html
