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An Observational Study to Identify the Role of Online Communication in Offline Social Networks

• 2014
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Authors Mona AS Ali, Aboul Ella Hassanien
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Publisher Springer International Publishing
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publication.type International
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Abstract
Abstract Social networks are frequently categorized as online (supported electronically
without necessitating participants meeting) or offline (defined though physical interactions).
Often these social networks are treated as mutually exclusive but in many situations they
coexist across the same community. In these circumstances online social networks provide
communication to enhance information flow and support different types of relationship. In
this paper we undertake an observational study of a social network of 98 undergraduate