Abstract
Many are using these social media nowadays to enhance the interpersonal relationships, regardless of an existing or a new friend. Facebook users are engaging in numerous ways to initiate or maintain interpersonal relationships, such as increasing the frequency of interactions, improving the quality of communications, and utilizing self-disclosure approaches through displaying interpersonal attraction traits, but do they agree on whether or not to display the traits of interpersonal attraction on Facebook? This study to identify the interpersonal attraction traits, highlighted by Facebook users in order to improve their interaction network through mediated-communication. By using a purposive sampling procedure, a total of 402 respondents who use Facebook, which was invited to fill out a questionnaire on a Google Form. Facebook users agreed that interpersonal attraction traits such as physical attraction, social attraction, extraversion, and popularity, should be highlighted; however, they have to be neutral in highlighting the traits. The findings of this study contribute towards advancing knowledge on reducing uncertainty due to interpersonal attraction traits and to meet the needs for creating a demanding community that facilitate the interactions of people with collective interests for social networking enhancement.
Highlights
The presence of New Communication Technology changes how people relate to one another, and Computer-Mediated Communication is yet to reinstate the conventional medium of communication as an active communication channel
This study describes the interpersonal attraction traits highlighted by Facebook users in order to improve their interaction network through mediated-communication
Popularity has become a trend in self-displaying through Social Networking Sites (SNS); Facebook users in this study still do not fully agree with the trend
Summary
The presence of New Communication Technology changes how people relate to one another, and Computer-Mediated Communication is yet to reinstate the conventional medium of communication as an active communication channel Such activity on Social Networking Sites (SNS) is replacing Faceto-Face social interactions and reaching people who have undergone an individual social capital through various platforms of social media, e.g., Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter. An interpersonal relationship is the personal sentimental bond between people, e.g., friendship, affection, or respect, which implies the interdependence between another and tends to share their judgments and beliefs (Kelley, 2013) This kind of relationship is centered on emotional support, which includes mutual interest, e.g., enjoying the same food and interested in a similar topic of discussion (Attan, 2011) by having social interaction amongst them. Social media users are engaging in numerous ways to initiate or maintain interpersonal relationships, such as increasing the frequency of interactions, improving the quality of communications, and utilizing self-disclosure approaches through interpersonal attraction traits contribution
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