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Communication

Cleveland State University

2011

Facebook (Electronic resource)

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Facebook Anonymous Information Seeking (Fais) Behaviors: Emerging Definitions And Conceptual Relationships, Julie A. Cajigas Jan 2011

Facebook Anonymous Information Seeking (Fais) Behaviors: Emerging Definitions And Conceptual Relationships, Julie A. Cajigas

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One of the fastest growing modes of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC), Social Network Sites (SNS) are revolutionizing the way that people communicate andacquire interpersonal information. The largest of these is Facebook, with more than 500 million users (Facebook.com, 2011). A new lexicon of terms has evolved to describebehaviors specific to Facebook, including the term "Facebook stalking," a term which is used to describe a specific type of browsing behavior on Facebook. This exploratory research study attempts to define and measure "Facebook stalking," a behavior that has anumber of interpersonal and network communication implications.Using previous research as a guide, the terms …