Examining intercultural differences in close friendship maintenance on Facebook: a relational dialectics perspective

Close friendship is a crucial and unique interpersonal tie that can survive a lifetime. Maintaining such friendships at a satisfactory level, even with the aid of social networking websites (SNS) such as Facebook, can be a challenging process. Previous research has shown that relationship satisfacti...

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Main Author:	Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information P87 Communication. Mass media
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/9/ICIMAC%202017.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/10/Acceptance%20Letter_TengkuAisha.PDF

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spelling	iium-578592017-08-04T07:13:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/ Examining intercultural differences in close friendship maintenance on Facebook: a relational dialectics perspective Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha H Social Sciences (General) H61.8 Communication of information P87 Communication. Mass media Close friendship is a crucial and unique interpersonal tie that can survive a lifetime. Maintaining such friendships at a satisfactory level, even with the aid of social networking websites (SNS) such as Facebook, can be a challenging process. Previous research has shown that relationship satisfaction among close friends depends both upon relationship maintenance strategies (e.g., positivity, openness, supportiveness) and the management of dialectical contradictions (e.g., openness-closedness and autonomy-connection). Furthermore, cultural differences may also dictate how individuals choose to maintain close friendships online. Therefore, guided by the relational dialectics perspective, a key objective of this research was to determine whether the role of Facebook in friendship maintenance differs significantly across two cultures: the U.S. and Malaysia. All participants completed an online survey in which they were asked to think of a close friend with whom they communicated both face-to-face and on Facebook. Among others, findings showed that Malaysian respondents used certain Facebook maintenance behaviors (i.e., supportiveness, openness, social information seeking, and avoidance) significantly more often than did Americans. The implications of the findings for the role of Facebook in close friendship maintenance across culture, and the theory of relational dialectics will be discussed. 2017-08-08 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/9/ICIMAC%202017.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/10/Acceptance%20Letter_TengkuAisha.PDF Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha (2017) Examining intercultural differences in close friendship maintenance on Facebook: a relational dialectics perspective. In: International Conference on Islam, Media and Communication 2017 (ICIMaC), 8th-9th Aug. 2017, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. (Unpublished) http://icimac2017.usim.edu.my/
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description	Close friendship is a crucial and unique interpersonal tie that can survive a lifetime. Maintaining such friendships at a satisfactory level, even with the aid of social networking websites (SNS) such as Facebook, can be a challenging process. Previous research has shown that relationship satisfaction among close friends depends both upon relationship maintenance strategies (e.g., positivity, openness, supportiveness) and the management of dialectical contradictions (e.g., openness-closedness and autonomy-connection). Furthermore, cultural differences may also dictate how individuals choose to maintain close friendships online. Therefore, guided by the relational dialectics perspective, a key objective of this research was to determine whether the role of Facebook in friendship maintenance differs significantly across two cultures: the U.S. and Malaysia. All participants completed an online survey in which they were asked to think of a close friend with whom they communicated both face-to-face and on Facebook. Among others, findings showed that Malaysian respondents used certain Facebook maintenance behaviors (i.e., supportiveness, openness, social information seeking, and avoidance) significantly more often than did Americans. The implications of the findings for the role of Facebook in close friendship maintenance across culture, and the theory of relational dialectics will be discussed.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha
author_facet	Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha
author_sort	Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha
title	Examining intercultural differences in close friendship maintenance on Facebook: a relational dialectics perspective
title_short	Examining intercultural differences in close friendship maintenance on Facebook: a relational dialectics perspective
title_full	Examining intercultural differences in close friendship maintenance on Facebook: a relational dialectics perspective
title_fullStr	Examining intercultural differences in close friendship maintenance on Facebook: a relational dialectics perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Examining intercultural differences in close friendship maintenance on Facebook: a relational dialectics perspective
title_sort	examining intercultural differences in close friendship maintenance on facebook: a relational dialectics perspective
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/9/ICIMAC%202017.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/57859/10/Acceptance%20Letter_TengkuAisha.PDF
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