As Social Network Sites (SNSs) are increasingly becoming part of people's everyday lives,
the implications of their use need to be investigated and understood. We conducted a …

The midlife years (45–55) often coincide with fundamental changes in women's lives, as
women experience transitions such as menopause, changes to family structure due to …

This thesis addresses the lack of comprehensive research on social media addiction from an
information systems (IS) perspective. It focuses on understanding influential factors and …

The turn of the 21st century witnessed an unprecedented surge in the use of Social Network
Sites (SNSs). The developing world also experienced a similar congruent networking …

Online social support is reported to be used by a number of people to obtain social
interaction and exchange communication as a way to buffer stressful situations …

The turn of the 21 st century witnessed an unprecedented surge in the use of Social Network
Sites (SNSs). The developing world also experienced a similar congruent networking …

This thesis proposes= friendworks 'as an important sub-group of social networks, comprised
of networks of friends. It investigates friendworks of a particular group of adult Australian …

Based on the perception that “individual bonds to one another is the essence of
society”(Fischer, 1982a, p. 2), this paper examines contemporary networks of friends …

This research has been motivated primarily by a desire to extend and enrich existing
research on women's uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to …

Social support has been examined by scholars for many years, mostly from psychological
perspectives (eg Abbey et al., 1985; Cobb, 1976; Sarason et al., 1983), as it has been …