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Unveiling the Continuum of Intended and Unintended Consequences: Exploring Social Media's Impact on the Connections Made by Individuals who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Queer (LGBQ)

Unveiling the Continuum of Intended and Unintended Consequences: Exploring Social Media's Impact on the Connections Made by Individuals who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Queer (LGBQ)

Connie S. Barber, Silvia Cristina Bettez
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 5 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 15
ISSN: 1942-9010|EISSN: 1942-9029|EISBN13: 9781466633285|DOI: 10.4018/ijvcsn.2013070101
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Barber, Connie S., and Silvia Cristina Bettez. "Unveiling the Continuum of Intended and Unintended Consequences: Exploring Social Media's Impact on the Connections Made by Individuals who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Queer (LGBQ)." IJVCSN vol.5, no.3 2013: pp.1-15. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijvcsn.2013070101

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Barber, C. S. & Bettez, S. C. (2013). Unveiling the Continuum of Intended and Unintended Consequences: Exploring Social Media's Impact on the Connections Made by Individuals who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Queer (LGBQ). International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN), 5(3), 1-15. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijvcsn.2013070101

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Barber, Connie S., and Silvia Cristina Bettez. "Unveiling the Continuum of Intended and Unintended Consequences: Exploring Social Media's Impact on the Connections Made by Individuals who Self-Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Queer (LGBQ)," International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN) 5, no.3: 1-15. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijvcsn.2013070101

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Abstract

Social media has become synonymous with every day communication in our technologically advanced society. Individuals use it to share information, make plans with friends and keep up with folks geographically dispersed from them. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) individuals often use social media to find other individuals with whom they can share about their sexual orientation. In this study, we use qualitative methods to explore the impact of social media on the connections made by individuals who self-identify as LGBQ.

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