Unintentional Online Meeting of Partners: Specific Features, Attitudes, Experiences - Case Study in Serbia
Abstract
This study presents results of exploration study on the specific features involved in the process of unintentional meeting partners via Internet in Serbia. The research was conducted using the method of focus groups, consisting of 28 people, who have had personal experience of meeting and communicating with their partners online, and successful continuing of the relationship in the offline world. They perceive more advantages than disadvantages in using the Internet as a means of communication with other people, assessing online space as a suitable environment for communication in which emotional intimacy can be achieved, despite the absence of social cues.
Keywords:
computer mediated communication / attitudes / meeting via Internet / SerbiaSource:
Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 2015, 47, 6, 579-604Publisher:
- Slovak Academic Press Ltd, Bratislava
Funding / projects:
- Geography of Serbia (RS-47007)
- Researching demographic phenomena for the purpose of public policies in Serbia (RS-47006)
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Geografski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Ivković, Marija AU - Devedžić, Mirjana PY - 2015 UR - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/675 AB - This study presents results of exploration study on the specific features involved in the process of unintentional meeting partners via Internet in Serbia. The research was conducted using the method of focus groups, consisting of 28 people, who have had personal experience of meeting and communicating with their partners online, and successful continuing of the relationship in the offline world. They perceive more advantages than disadvantages in using the Internet as a means of communication with other people, assessing online space as a suitable environment for communication in which emotional intimacy can be achieved, despite the absence of social cues. PB - Slovak Academic Press Ltd, Bratislava T2 - Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review T1 - Unintentional Online Meeting of Partners: Specific Features, Attitudes, Experiences - Case Study in Serbia VL - 47 IS - 6 SP - 579 EP - 604 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_675 ER -
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Ivković, M.,& Devedžić, M.. (2015). Unintentional Online Meeting of Partners: Specific Features, Attitudes, Experiences - Case Study in Serbia. in Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review Slovak Academic Press Ltd, Bratislava., 47(6), 579-604. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_675
Ivković M, Devedžić M. Unintentional Online Meeting of Partners: Specific Features, Attitudes, Experiences - Case Study in Serbia. in Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review. 2015;47(6):579-604. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_675 .
Ivković, Marija, Devedžić, Mirjana, "Unintentional Online Meeting of Partners: Specific Features, Attitudes, Experiences - Case Study in Serbia" in Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 47, no. 6 (2015):579-604, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_675 .