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Title | ||
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Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices. |
Abstract | ||
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This study assesses whether Facebook users have different 'connection strategies,' a term which describes a suite of Facebook-related relational communication activities, and explores the relationship between these connection strategies and social capital. Survey data (N = 450) from a random sample of undergraduate students reveal that only social information-seeking behaviors contribute to perceptions of social capital; connection strategies that focus on strangers or close friends do not. We also find that reporting more 'actual' friends on the site is predictive of social capital, but only to a point. We believe the explanation for these findings may be that the identity information in Facebook serves as a social lubricant, encouraging individuals to convert latent to weak ties and enabling them to broadcast requests for support or information. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2011 | 10.1177/1461444810385389 | NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
computer-mediated communication,Facebook,social capital,social network sites | Social psychology,Survey data collection,Social position,Social capital,Social network,Sociology,Computer-mediated communication,Social engagement,Social competence,Interpersonal ties | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
13 | 6 | 1461-4448 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
251 | 11.17 | 17 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicole Ellison | 1 | 6051 | 509.80 |
| Charles Steinfield | 2 | 3754 | 351.29 |
| Cliff Lampe | 3 | 3986 | 342.89 |