ŠMAHEL, David. Online Friendships: New Form of Relationships. 2007th ed. Praha: Xth European Congress of Psychology, 3 - 6.7.2007, prezentace na konferenci, 2007.
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Original name Online Friendships: New Form of Relationships
Name in Czech Online přátelství: nová forma vztahů
Authors ŠMAHEL, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
Edition 2007. vyd. Praha, 2007.
Publisher Xth European Congress of Psychology, 3 - 6.7.2007, prezentace na konferenci
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Original language English
Type of outcome Audiovisual works
Field of Study 50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/07:00022344
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Keywords in English friendship; internet; online
Tags friendship, internet, online
Tags International impact
Changed by Changed by: prof. PhDr. David Šmahel, Ph.D., učo 3068. Changed: 16/12/2008 09:38.
Abstract
Friendships arising and often existing only in the virtual environment are a new form of relationships becoming common with the Internet development. In the Czech Republic, 54% of people are using the Internet, there is 88% penetration among adolescents aged 12 - 19 years and the Internet penetration is still increasing (source: World Internet Project 2006). In this presentation, basic statistics about online friendship relationships are shown and two ways of approach to this type of friendship are analysed. The presented research questions were included in a questionnaire survey carried out within the framework of the Czech part of the "World Internet Project" research (www.worldinternetproject.org). The survey sampled 1,706 respondents aged 12 years or more, the sample was representative according to the population of the Czech Republic, data were collected in September 2006. 38% of the Czech Internet users stated that they have friends on the Internet who they do not know in reality, which corresponds to 21% from the whole population. Men stated to have some more online friends than woman and adolescents seem to have much more online friends than adults. Two types of approach to the online friendship have been revealed: the first one may be entitled as "true friendship", the second "topic oriented friendship". In a "true friendship", people have more online friends very close friends to them, they discuss intimate problems with them, and they also say that they can rely on these online friends, trying to transfer these online friendships into the real world. In a "topic oriented friendship", people claim to discuss other themes with online friends than with people from their real lives; online friends are completely different from real life friends and these online friends moral quality is not important. The second type of friendship appears more frequently in communities and seems to be focussed more on the specific topic of interest rather than on developing the relationship (friendship) as such. Both patterns of the approaches to the online friendship are stable according to the age and gender.
Abstract (in Czech)
Přátelství vznikající a trvající často pouze ve virtálním prostředí jsou novou formou vztahů, která se stala obvyklou s rozvojem internetu. 54% lidí v České republice používá internet, přičemž internet používá 88% adolescentů ve věku 12 - 19 let a penetrace internetu stále roste (zdroj: World Internet Project 2006). V této prezentaci představujeme základní statistiky týkající se online přátelství a analyzujeme dva základní přístupy objevující se v této formě přátelství.
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MSM0021622406, plan (intention)Name: Psychologické a sociální charakteristiky dětí, mládeže a rodiny, vývoj osobnosti v době proměn moderní společnosti
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Psychological and social characteristics of children, youth and families, development of the personality in the time of changes of modern society
1P05ME751, research and development projectName: Světový projekt o internetu - ČR
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, World Internet Project – The Czech Republic
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