In their article, Yang, Brown, and Braun argue that college students uses different ways of electronically communicating with individuals they want to pursue a interpersonal relationship with depending on their goals or concerns for the relationship. They concluded that individuals, more so for females than males, have a common sequence of communication channels. From initial meeting to intimacy, they would first start by contacting the other individual through Facebook because it allows them to interact indirectly. After that, as the relationship progresses, they will move from the public realm of Facebook to IM which is more private and direct. According to Yang, Brown and Braun, the IM step would indicate that the individuals are now open to sharing more about themselves while maintaining a safe distance since it allows the individuals to consider and craft their responses. The indication of an interpersonal relationship would be when the two individuals actually interact with each other through cell phones …show more content…
He finds that there are 5 kinds of SNSs users, Sporadics, Lurkers, Socializers, Debaters, and Advanced. Sporadics and Lurkers are what majority of the population are and are users with low interests and low skilled. Socializers are those who communicate with others through SNSs. Debaters are those who use SNSs to voice their opinions and lastly, Advanced are those who are highly skilled with SNSs and are both Socializers and Debaters. Ultimately, he determines that SNSs users have more face-to-face interactions mainly because they have larger social networks, which rejects the common assumption that SNSs make users more anti-social. At the same time, SNSs users are also more likely to report loneliness than nonusers. In response to this, Brandzaeg suggests that it would be beneficial to society if they nurture more Socializer SNSs users that focus on existing