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Connected at any Cost: Adolescent Developmental Needs and Online Relationship Formation

Connected at any Cost: Adolescent Developmental Needs and Online Relationship Formation

Susan M. Miller, Kenneth L. Miller, Christine Allison
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781605669267|ISBN10: 1605669261|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616923877|EISBN13: 9781605669274
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-926-7.ch004
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Miller, Susan M., et al. "Connected at any Cost: Adolescent Developmental Needs and Online Relationship Formation." Adolescent Online Social Communication and Behavior: Relationship Formation on the Internet, edited by Robert Z. Zheng, et al., IGI Global, 2010, pp. 50-68. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-926-7.ch004

APA

Miller, S. M., Miller, K. L., & Allison, C. (2010). Connected at any Cost: Adolescent Developmental Needs and Online Relationship Formation. In R. Zheng, J. Burrow-Sanchez, & C. Drew (Eds.), Adolescent Online Social Communication and Behavior: Relationship Formation on the Internet (pp. 50-68). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-926-7.ch004

Chicago

Miller, Susan M., Kenneth L. Miller, and Christine Allison. "Connected at any Cost: Adolescent Developmental Needs and Online Relationship Formation." In Adolescent Online Social Communication and Behavior: Relationship Formation on the Internet, edited by Robert Z. Zheng, Jason Burrow-Sanchez, and Clifford J. Drew, 50-68. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-926-7.ch004

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Abstract

The goal of this chapter is to explore the formation of online relationships in the dual contexts of adolescent cognitive and psychosocial development and characteristics of Internet communication technologies. Research revealed that teens use the Internet to support existing, offline relationships and that such use is associated with closer relationships. For those who form online relationships, these are viewed as close or even romantic in nature. However, when compared along various dimensions, online relationships demonstrate weaker ties than do offline relationships. In general, extroverted teens are more likely to form online relationships, although, if that is their purpose, so do introverted teens. Forming online relationships may rest with the teen’s awareness of how to present him or herself given the anonymity of the cue-free Internet environment.

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