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In this paper, we present the preliminary results from an interview study of ten undergraduate students on instant messaging applications. We focus on how participants used both features of the applications and perceived atmosphere to determine how to manage their social network across multiple applications. Using qualitative methods, we identified factors of intimacy, playfulness, and ephemerality to play a key role in influencing the choice of messaging application.
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Thomson, L., Lee, A.J., Farzan, R. (2018). Ephemeral Communication and Communication Places. In: Chowdhury, G., McLeod, J., Gillet, V., Willett, P. (eds) Transforming Digital Worlds. iConference 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10766. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78105-1_17
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