Your Number of Facebook

Friends

- And the effect on your social status

Group 9:Christina Ida EriksenPernille Søes AstrupSisse Liebst Bundgaard

Disposition Research question

Thesis

Background

Methods

Findings

Analysis

Research question

What is the relationship between the number of Facebook friends a person has and a person’s social status?

Thesis Assumption: We believe there is a

relationship

Background Facebook

Social media

Offline vs. online

Changes in the view of Facebook friends

Target group

Methods Semi-structured interview

2 and 2 Notes and recorded Profile handout

Grounded Theory Categories, themes, sorting of themes

Findings Self-contradictory

They did not show us - but they told us!

Taboo

Many friends = ”friend addiction”

Few friends = excuses

Analysis In relation to our research question:

There is a relationsship, but what kind? It is a sensitive subject? Facework

Here’s the gist… Interesting findings

There could be a relationship between social status and friend count, but which kind?

Definitely potetial for further research in this area

The use of Facebook may be changing