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1 David Schlossberg Megan Finn

2 What is FreshQuest? A study of Berkeley freshmen and how they use technology to support their social networks

3 Our Methodology Survey ● 252 responses Interviews ● 22 freshmen ● 18 years old

4 Imagine Sarah

5 FreshQuest Conclusions Education Relationships Adoption Negotiation

6 EDUCATION I have [been to the library] twice. I don’t know how people did it before the Internet. - Eve

7 RELATIONSHIPS If [my parents] started instant messaging me... I'd probably kinda freak out...That’s my world online. - Kim

8 ADOPTION When you are young, before you get a car and are mobile – those weird days when you want to be social, but you can’t really go anywhere... The internet is a meeting ground after school. -Luke

9 ADOPTION I get help from my brothers and pass on the information. -Sandra

10 NEGOTIATION My boyfriend always says, ‘Why don't you take a cell phone with you?' I don’t like being at everyone's beck and call, so I like to leave it behind. -Laura

11 NEGOTIATION I thought, ‘I need to stop using AIM.’ And I knew at that time I was kind of addicted to it... Now I try not to [be online]. -Sandra

12 Conclusions Education Relationships Adoption Negotiation

13 Want to know more? Tomorrow from 11-11:30 in room 110 See our papers at: www.sims.berkeley.edu/~notDoneYet.html

14 Special Thanks! Peter Lyman, our advisor Judd Antin & Dave Hong Alison Billings Jeff Towle Gregg Thomson MacArthur Foundation and especially All the students who participated in this research


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