<?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 I, November 2010 - February 2011</dcterms:title><dcterms:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/VPN7LI</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>2025-08-15T12:20:44Z</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 how often do they use the internet and visits electronic social networks. Respondents who do not visits electronic social networks were asked why they do not do that. Further, assurance of personal information safety, possibility to establish friendship in electronic social networks, etc. was assessed. Respondents were asked which electronic social network they visit the most, when did they registered on it and how many contacts they have. 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 questioned on which subjects they interact usually and why they visit electronic social networks. It was analysed what personal information respondents publish in electronic social networks.
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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>2011-02-03</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>Vilčinskas, Vidas (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)</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>2011-02-07</dcterms:dateSubmitted><dcterms:temporal>2010-11-30</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2011-02-03</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2010-11-30</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:temporal>2011-02-03</dcterms:temporal><dcterms:relation>&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/JPQLGZ " target="_blank"> Virtual Social Networks II, November - December 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 Work I, October - November 2013" were carried out simultaneously: 
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/FQGGTT" target="_blank"> ISSP 2013: National Identity III, Lithuania, October - November 2013&lt;p>&lt;a href="" target="_blank"> &lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/Q4PIQZ" target="_blank"> Social Policy IV, October - November 2013&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/HZU8KU" target="_blank"> The use of medication and food supplements II, October - November 2013&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/VPOEAY" target="_blank"> Virtual Social Networks IV, October - November 2013&lt;p>&lt;a href="" target="_blank"> &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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