August 24, 2010

Young People Identify With an Online Community Almost as Strongly as With Their Own Family

ScienceDaily for August 23, 2010 reported on relationships among teenagers.

An international study of the users of teenage online community Habbo reveals that users identify more strongly with the online community than with their neighbourhood or offline hobby group. The study is based on a survey with 4299 respondents from United Kingdom, Spain and Japan. All three nationalities yielded similar results.