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Real friends and virtual strangers - CNN.com
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An ongoing UK study, conducted by Dr. Will Reader of Sheffield Hallam University, suggests that real life meetings are still needed to foster genuine "real" relationships which are based on trust. Research by Dr. Reader, who has been studying over 200 networking site users, shows that they still have only ...
Guardian: Warning: you can't make real friends online | Technology | The Guardian
"Although the numbers of friends people have on these sites can be massive, the actual number of close friends is approximately the same in the face to face real world," said psychologist Will Reader, from Sheffield Hallam University. Social networking websites such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace have ...
Facebook study reveals users 'trophy friends' - Telegraph
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Dr Will Reader and his team at Sheffield Hallam University have been studying how social networking sites, notably Facebook and MySpace, are changing the nature of human relationships and whether they represent "the next stage in evolution." The study, which he discussed at the British Association's ...
The newsonomics of majority reader revenue » Nieman Journalism Lab
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Will reader revenue more blur the line between the nonprofits and the profit-seeking? Just last week, the Ford Foundation ponied up a million dollars to help The Los Angeles Times cover border and immigration issues, one of an increasing number of foundation grants to the formerly profitable daily press.
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