Exploring the role of social networking sites within adolescent romantic relationships and dating experiences

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Highlights:

• We explore how adolescents use social networking sites within romantic relationships.

• Pictures were considered to be a valuable information source about a love interest.

• Respondents discussed several ways in which they would signal romantic interest.

• Being Facebook Official was not considered to be important.

• Sharing passwords and monitoring profiles were most often mentioned as ways to control the partner.

摘要

•We explore how adolescents use social networking sites within romantic relationships.•Pictures were considered to be a valuable information source about a love interest.•Respondents discussed several ways in which they would signal romantic interest.•Being Facebook Official was not considered to be important.•Sharing passwords and monitoring profiles were most often mentioned as ways to control the partner.

论文关键词:Romantic relationships,Adolescents,Social networking sites,Teen dating,Qualitative research

论文评审过程:Received 21 June 2015, Revised 18 August 2015, Accepted 26 August 2015, Available online 14 September 2015, Version of Record 14 September 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.042