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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Renren"”.
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The Effect of Acculturation on Chinese International Students’ Usage of Facebook and Renren
… of two social networking sites, Facebook and Renren. An online survey was conducted to gather data about Chinese international students’ acculturation levels and their usage of and gratifications for Facebook (N = 144) and Renren (N = 106). Pearson correlations and bootstrapping analyses were …
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A uses and gratifications perspective of Chinese college students' motivations in using renren (Chinese social networking site)
… popular online social networking site in China, Renren, was selected to investigate the uses and gratifications of Chinese college students. Four motivations, that is, socializing, entertainment, self-status seeking, and information seeking, were utilized to measure how much weight Chinese …
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Investigating the molecular environments and interactions of pathological TDP-43 filaments
Filamentous transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) pathology characterises many neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementias (FTD). Pathogenic mutations in TARDBP, the gene encoding TDP-43, can cause ALS and FTLD by increasing …
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The Internet Connectivity: 1.5 Generation Chinese Migrants and Social Capital
… the group-wide internet platform (e.g. Facebook, Renren) for weak tie maintenance. Findings also suggest that within different media contexts, young Chinese migrants consciously share their personal information and participate in reciprocal interactions so as to maintain the social networks of …
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Exploring knowledge and beliefs of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV vaccination among U.S. Chinese international students
… advertisements and social websites such as "Renren." (4) There were more open attitudes toward sexual behavior compared to Chinese women who were subjects of earlier surveys. Premarital sexual behaviors and multiple sexual relationships were acceptable in this cohort of CIS. (5) Sexual …