Social networking sites (eg, MySpace and Facebook) are popular online communication
forms among adolescents and emerging adults. Yet little is known about young people's
activities on these sites and how their networks of “friends” relate to their other online (eg,
instant messaging) and offline networks. In this study, college students responded, in person
and online, to questions about their online activities and closest friends in three contexts:
social networking sites, instant messaging, and face-to-face. Results showed that …