Hyo Kim|Gwang Jae Kim|Han Woo Park|Ronald E. Rice
Configurations of Relationships in Different Media: FtF, Email, Instant Messenger, Mobile Phone, and SMS
Ajou University|University of California, Santa Barbara
study analyzes configurations communication relationships korea facetoface email instant messaging mobile phone short message service media web survey asked respondents identify 1 five media 2 five frequent communication partners 3 partners social role including colleagues family friends 4 employment category individuallevel networklevel analyses used compare variations communication relationships configurations relationships among social roles overall within medium different employment categories identify configurations relationships across media im sms mobile phone distinctive media students mobile phone homeworkers email organizational workers moreover mobile phones tend used reinforcing strong social ties textbased cmc media tend used expanding relationships weak ties finally facetoface ftf seems universal medium without significant differences across respondents employment categories