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Professor Studies Facebook User Trends

Researchers say some Facebook users are simply trying to get attention while others really do interact and exchange positive information.  Western Illinois University Professor Christopher Carpenter calls it "anti-social me-booking" or "pro-social Facebooking"

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Facebook is commonplace in today's society, but some users take to the social networking site to promote themselves by gathering up lots of friends.

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Carpenter's study is called "Narcissism on Facebook: Self-promotional and Anti-social Behavior."   It's published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.  His research sample was based on 292 individuals.  Seventy five percent of the respondents were college students.  He says much more research is coming out on "Facebook."  One of his colleagues is looking at the social trauma caused by being de-friended.

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