{"id":8043,"date":"2012-02-07T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/?p=8043"},"modified":"2012-02-06T21:14:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T01:14:12","slug":"research-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2012\/02\/07\/research-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2012\/02\/07\/research-roundup\/news\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8048\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8048\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/news.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/news.jpg 409w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/news-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social theory should both grow out of, and be applicable to, empirical phenomena. As such, an important part of theorizing is to understand the substantive realities about that which we theorize. When theorizing about new technologies, this means keeping up with a highly complex and quickly changing empirical landscape. This post is a roundup of some recent empirical findings about social media trends, with a focus on Facebook\u2014the current social media \u201chub.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Study 1:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2012\/02\/07\/research-roundup\/facebook-pew\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8044\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8044\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/facebook-pew-500x258.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/facebook-pew-500x258.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/facebook-pew-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/facebook-pew.png 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title: <a href=\"http:\/\/pewinternet.org\/~\/media\/Files\/Reports\/2012\/PIP_Facebook%20users_2.3.12.pdf\">\u201cWhy Facebook Users Get More than They Give: The Effect of Power Users on Everybody Else.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Authors: <\/strong>Keith N. Hampton, Lauren Sessions Goulet, Cameron Marlow, Lee Rainie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Out of: <\/strong>Pew Internet and American Life Project<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>40% of Facebook users in our sample made a friend request, but 63% received at least one request<\/li>\n<li>Users in our sample pressed the like button next to friends\u2019 content an average of 14 times, but had their content \u201cliked\u201d an average of 20 times<\/li>\n<li>Users sent 9 personal messages, but received 12<\/li>\n<li>12% of users tagged a friend in a photo, but 35% were themselves tagged in a photo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpt: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The average Facebook user gets more from their friends on Facebook than they give to their friends. Why? Because of a segment of \u201cpower users,\u201d who specialize in different Facebook activities and contribute much more than the typical user does. The typical Facebook user in our sample was moderately active over our month of observation, in their tendency to send friend requests, add content, and \u201clike\u201d the content of their friends. However, a proportion of Facebook participants \u2013 ranging between 20% and 30% of users depending on the type of activity \u2013 were power users who performed these same activities at a much higher rate; daily or more than weekly. As a result of these power users, the average Facebook user receives friend requests, receives personal messages, is tagged in photos, and receives feedback in terms of \u201clikes\u201d at a higher frequency than they contribute. What\u2019s more,power users tend to specialize. Some 43% of those in our sample were power users in at least one Facebook activity:\u00a0 sending friend requests, pressing the like button, sending private messages, or tagging friends in photos. Only 5% of Facebook users were power users on all of these activities, 9% on three, and 11% on two<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Study 2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barracudalabs.com\/blog_4.html\">Real People VS Fake Profiles<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>By: <\/strong>Barracuda Labs<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Highlights: <\/strong>I\u2019ll let the infographic speak for itself<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allfacebook.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/BarracudaInfographic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"2942\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Study 3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong><\/strong><strong>Title: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spspmeeting.org\/?Page=symposium_detail&amp;id=3915&amp;Time=Saturday,+January+28,+9:45+-+11:00+am,+Room+31&amp;talks=\">\u201cGetting beeped with the hand in the cookie jar: Sampling desire, conflict, and self-control in everyday life.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2012\/02\/07\/research-roundup\/facebook-addiction\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8046\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8046\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/Facebook-Addiction.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/Facebook-Addiction.jpg 498w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/Facebook-Addiction-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Authors:<\/strong> Wilhelm Hofmann, Kathleen D. Vohs, and \u00a0Roy F. Baumeiste<\/p>\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong> Presented at the 13<sup>th<\/sup> annual meetings of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Highlights:<\/strong> \u00a0A study of 205 adults found that their desires for sleep and sex were the strongest, but the desire for media and work were the hardest to resist. Surprisingly, participants expressed relatively weak levels of desire for tobacco and alcohol. This implies that it is more difficult to resist checking Facebook or e-mail than smoking a cigarette, taking a nap, or satiating sexual desires.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<strong>Excerpt (from press release):<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>\u00a0In the new study of desire regulation, 205 adults wore devices that recorded a total of 7,827 reports about their daily desires. Desires for sleep and sex were the strongest, while desires for media and work proved the hardest to resist. Even though tobacco and alcohol are thought of as addictive, desires associated with them were the weakest, according to the study. Surprisingly to the researchers, sleep and leisure were the most problematic desires, suggesting &#8220;pervasive tension between natural inclinations to rest and relax and the multitude of work and other obligations,\u201d says Hofmann, the lead author of the study forthcoming in\u00a0Psychological Science. Moreover, the study supported past research that the more frequently and recently people have resisted a desire, the less successful they will be at resisting any subsequent desire. Therefore as a day wears on, willpower becomes lower and self-control efforts are more likely to fail, says Hofmann, who co-authored the paper with Roy Baumeister of Florida State University and Kathleen Vohs of the University of Minnesota.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Study 4<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Title: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aismedia.com\/press\/facebook-making-a-splash-in-the-bathroom\/\">\u201cFacebook Makes a Splash in the Bathroom\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Author: <\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"Connect with Vlad Gorenshteyn on Twitter...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/vladgorenshteyn\" target=\"_blank\">Vlad Gorenshteyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>From: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aismedia.com\/press\/facebook-making-a-splash-in-the-bathroom\/\">AISMedia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Highlights: <\/strong>According to a telephone survey conducted by marketing firm AISMedia, about 1\/3 of Facebook users engage in Facebook activity while in the bathroom. Women were slightly more likely than men to report using Facebook in the bathroom (54.4% and 46.6% respectively), and the most prominent \u2018bathroom-bookers\u2019 were between the ages of 30-39.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>We contacted 500 Americans and asked them a rather personal question:\u00a0\u201cDo you ever use Facebook on your mobile device while you\u2019re in the bathroom?\u201d Our survey results reveal that\u00a0Facebook has become so prolific, that nearly 1\/3 of people (27 percent to be\u00a0precise)\u00a0can\u2019t resist the urge, responding\u00a0<strong>\u201cyes\u201d!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2012\/02\/07\/research-roundup\/facebook-bathroom\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8047\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/Facebook-Bathroom-500x439.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/Facebook-Bathroom-500x439.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/Facebook-Bathroom-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2012\/02\/Facebook-Bathroom.png 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>General Summary <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We see several interesting and related findings in these seemingly disparate studies. From the Pew Research report, we see that a) practices of Facebook use vary widely among members, and b) the way members of our network uses Facebook shapes our own social media experience. Moreover, we see that some are characterized as \u201cpower users,\u201d engaging in high levels of activity. Perhaps these \u201cpower users\u201d partially account for the findings of Hoffman et al., as they may be unable to resist the urge to engage in social media interactions. Relatedly, it may be these power-users and\/or social media addicts who bring their mobile devices with them into the bathroom. Then again, the technology that allows us to bring Facebook into the bathroom (i.e. mobile devices) may simply offer a more entertaining alternative to paper-based reading materials. Finally, an analysis of real versus fake Facebook profiles alerts us to a socially <em>inappropriate<\/em> way to use Facebook: dishonestly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social theory should both grow out of, and be applicable to, empirical phenomena. As such, an important part of theorizing is to understand the substantive realities about that which we theorize. When theorizing about new technologies, this means keeping up with a highly complex and quickly changing empirical landscape. 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