<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><metadata xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/"><dcterms:title>Virtual Social Networks II, November - December 2011</dcterms:title><dcterms:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/JPQLGZ</dcterms:identifier><dcterms:creator>Krupavičius, Algis</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Butkevičienė, Eglė</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Kriaučiūnaitė, Neringa</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Morkevičius, Vaidas</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Šarkutė, Ligita</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Telešienė, Audronė</dcterms:creator><dcterms:creator>Vaidelytė, Eglė</dcterms:creator><dcterms:publisher>Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)</dcterms:publisher><dcterms:issued>2022-03-10</dcterms:issued><dcterms:modified>2025-08-15T12:20:37Z</dcterms:modified><dcterms:description>&lt;b>&lt;i>The purpose of the study&lt;/i>&lt;/b>: to analyse Lithuanian residents attitude towards virtual social networks, behaviour and intensity of involvement in networks.
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&lt;b>&lt;i>Major investigated questions&lt;/i>&lt;/b>: respondents were asked if they use internet frequently. Means and frequency of respondents internet use was analysed after a group of questions was presented. Respondents who visit electronic social networks were asked which networks they visit and which social electronic network they visit most frequently. It was questioned how often respondents carries out listed activities in electronic social network which they visit most frequently. It was analysed how often respondents interact with their family members, friends (people they know), colleagues (co-workers) and other people in electronic social network. Respondents were asked what information they get through electronic social network which they visit the most. It was questioned if respondents belong to any like-minded group, organization or community in which members interact only through electronic social network and it was analysed if respondents feel close to this organization. Further, respondents were asked with which listed association (organization) they communicated via electronic social networks. It was analysed if respondents would contact with like-minded group, organization or community in different situations via electronic social network.
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&lt;b>&lt;i>Socio-demographic characteristics&lt;/i>&lt;/b>: gender, age, duration of education, education, employment status of the respondent and his / her husband / wife / permanent partner, profession (occupation), trade union membership, religion, participation in religious rites, political views, voting in the last Seimas elections, nationality, household size, respondent's average and total average monthly household income, marital status, place of residence, satisfaction with quality of life, change in living conditions, received social benefits, etc.</dcterms:description><dcterms:subject>Social Sciences</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>internet</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>information society</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>internet use</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>social media</dcterms:subject><dcterms:subject>information and communications technology</dcterms:subject><dcterms:language>English</dcterms:language><dcterms:language>Lithuanian</dcterms:language><dcterms:date>2011-12-19</dcterms:date><dcterms:contributor>Krupavičius, Algis (Institute of Policy and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-6919-6580])</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:contributor>Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756])</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:contributor>Vilčinskas, Vidas (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-9377-0458])</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:contributor>Burbienė, Diana (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-8435-090X])</dcterms:contributor><dcterms:dateSubmitted>2011-12-22</dcterms:dateSubmitted><dcterms:temporal>2011-11-22</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2011-12-19</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2011-11-22</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2011-12-19</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:relation>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/VPN7LI " target="_blank"> Virtual Social Networks I, November 2010 - February 2011&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/SQGRO3 " target="_blank"> Virtual Social Networks III, January - February 2013&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/VPOEAY " target="_blank"> Virtual Social Networks IV, January - February 2013&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/MVTU5U " target="_blank"> Virtual Social Networks V, March - April 2015&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/TPSXMG " target="_blank"> Virtual Social Networks VI, October - December 2015&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Datasets of which data collection was conducted at the same time as of the study "Virtual Social Networks II, November - December 2011" were carried out simultaneously: &lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/IJRSCP" target="_blank"> Social Policy II, November - December 2011&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/LZQ77N" target="_blank"> ISSP 2011: Health and Healthcare I, Lithuania, November - December 2011&lt;/a>&lt;/p></dcterms:relation><dcterms:type>Survey data</dcterms:type><dcterms:spatial>Lithuania</dcterms:spatial><dcterms:rights>&lt;p>Duomenys yra prieinami LiDA Dataverse talpyklos vartotojams pagal &lt;a href="https://cc.lnb.lt/cc-by-sa" target="_blank">„Creative Commons“ 4.0 priskyrimo ir analogiško platinimo tarptautinės viešosios licencijos (CC BY-SA 4.0)&lt;/a> sąlygas, jei nenumatyta kitaip. Jei norima naudoti kitaip licencijuojamus duomenis, reikia kreiptis dėl galimybės naudotis konkrečiais duomenimis (raštu ar el. paštu: &lt;a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.lt&lt;/a>). Nepriklausomai nuo prieigos prie duomenų apribojimų, visi norintieji gali peržiūrėti ir naudoti visų LiDA Dataverse talpykloje saugomų duomenų aprašus (metaduomenis, įskaitant lauko darbų vykdymo medžiagą, tyrimo instrumentus bei kitą su duomenų surinkimu susijusią informaciją) ir kitą informaciją pagal &lt;a href="https://cc.lnb.lt/cc-by-sa" target="_blank">„Creative Commons“ 4.0 priskyrimo ir analogiško platinimo tarptautinę viešąją licenciją (CC BY-SA 4.0)&lt;/a>.&lt;/p> 
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