Knautz, KathrinBaran, Katsiaryna S.Gashi, LiridonaKnautz, Kathrin2019-09-062019-09-062016https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/12855When using social networking services, such as Facebook, it is easy to become friends with other users. Unfriending (or defriending) is easy as well, requiring only that a user click on Facebook’s “Unfriend” button. This chapter highlights the types of friends who are most often unfriended on Facebook, the role of unfriending in connection with emotions, reasons for unfriending others, and being unfriended by someone. Furthermore, we concentrate on avoiding contact after the act of unfriending. Additionally, we investigate whether hiding and blocking can be interpreted as options for discontinuing contact, as well as why people might choose an alternative to unfriending. We conducted our research using unfriending applications, which demonstrate to the user he or she has been unfriended. The empirical basis of our research consists of 2,201 questionnaires, completed by individuals with Facebook accounts.engCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 GenericunfriendingEmotionsreasons for unfriendinghidingblockingunfriending appsfriendfriendshipcontact avoidanceunfriending memorysocial mediaFacebookEntfreundenEmotionBlockierenFreundFreundschaftKontaktvermeidungSoziales NetzwerkSoziale Medien30638410.25969/mediarep/11946978-3-11041-935-1https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/3668