Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices

NB Ellison, C Steinfield, C Lampe - New media & society, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This study assesses whether Facebook users have different 'connection strategies,'a term
which describes a suite of Facebook-related relational communication activities, and …

Cultivating social resources on social network sites: Facebook relationship maintenance behaviors and their role in social capital processes

NB Ellison, J Vitak, R Gray… - Journal of computer …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
This study explores the relationship between perceived bridging social capital and specific
Facebook-enabled communication behaviors using survey data from a sample of US adults …

Predicting social capital on Facebook: The implications of use intensity, perceived content desirability, and Facebook-enabled communication practices

CC Su, NK Chan - Computers in Human Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
New media researchers have shown that Facebook use and norms of online communicative
behaviors can affect people's social network formation and self-perceived social capital …

With a little help from my friends: How social network sites affect social capital processes

NB Ellison, C Lampe, C Steinfield - A networked self, 2010 - taylorfrancis.com
In this chapter, we will describe two related strands of research-social capital gains and
online/offline interaction patterns-to explicate the mechanisms by which social capital is …

Assessing structural correlates to social capital in Facebook ego networks

B Brooks, B Hogan, N Ellison, C Lampe, J Vitak - Social Networks, 2014 - Elsevier
Research in computer-mediated communication has consistently asserted that Facebook
use is positively correlated with social capital. This research has drawn primarily on …

'There'sa network out there you might as well tap': Exploring the benefits of and barriers to exchanging informational and support-based resources on Facebook

J Vitak, NB Ellison - New media & society, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Research has established a positive relationship between Facebook use and perceptions of
social capital, a construct that describes the total resources− both potential and actual …

Social capital on Facebook: Differentiating uses and users

M Burke, R Kraut, C Marlow - Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
Though social network site use is often treated as a monolithic activity, in which all time is
equally social and its impact the same for all users, we examine how Facebook affects social …

Intimacy and social capital on Facebook: Beyond the psychological perspective

A Lambert - New Media & Society, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Social capital has become a key concept in the study of social network sites such as
Facebook. An influential body of literature has emerged which links the accumulation of …

The benefits of Facebook “friends:” Social capital and college students' use of online social network sites

NB Ellison, C Steinfield, C Lampe - Journal of computer …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social
network site, and the formation and maintenance of social capital. In addition to assessing …

Perceptions of Facebook's value as an information source

C Lampe, J Vitak, R Gray, N Ellison - Proceedings of the SIGCHI …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
Facebook has become an increasingly important tool for people engaging in a range of
communication behaviors, including requesting help from their social network to address …