Spatially Bounded Online Social Networks and Social Capital: The Role of Facebook

By Nicole B. Ellison, Charles W. Steinfield. 2006

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Using online social networking for teaching and learning: Facebook use at the University of Cape Town (2009, background): “A study by Ellison et al. (2007) explores a dimension of social capital called ‘maintained social capital’, which assesses one’s ability to stay connected to members of a community of which one was previously a member.”
Examining Students’ Intended Image on Facebook: “What Were They Thinking?!” (2009, background): “Users can also join virtual groups based on their common interests ( Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2006 ).”
Age differences in online social networking - A study of user profiles and the social capital divide among teenagers and older users in MySpace (2009, background): “However, most research into SNS sites focuses on the population of younger people, mainly on college students (e.g. Boyd, 2008; Ellison et al., 2006).”
Rhythms of social interaction: messaging within a massive online network (2006, background): “It may be of interest to some to compare this result to the speculative “theoretical” limit of 150 friends given in [4].”
Looking at, looking up or keeping up with people?: motives and use of facebook (2008, background): “Associated with this use is the social capital building gratification, where Facebook is used to build, invest in and maintain ties with distant friends and contacts [7, 11].”
Identity management: multiple presentations of self in facebook (2007, background): “As has been demonstrated with college students using the site to keep in touch with current college friends and past high school acquaintances [4], we suspect that graduated students use the site to maintain social connections with current coworkers and past college friends.”
‘I feel less lonely’: what older people say about participating in a social networking website (2010, background): “10.5042/qiaoa.2010.0526 Quality in Ageing and Older Adults • Volume 11 Issue 3 • September 2010 © Pier Professional Ltd26 establish or maintain connections with others’ (Ariyachandra et al, 2009) with popular sites including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter (Ellison et al, 2006).”
Strategies and struggles with privacy in an online social networking community (2008, background): “Approximately 85% of undergraduates in the U.S. maintain a profile [7, 18] and participation on the site increases daily.”
Internet social network communities: Risk taking, trust, and privacy concerns (2009, background): “Students and alumni use Facebook to communicate, connect and remain in contact with others (Acquisti & Gross, 2006; Charnigo & Barnett-Ellis, 2007; Ellison et al., 2006).”
A familiar face(book): profile elements as signals in an online social network (2007, background): “In other research, we have seen the importance of offline connections to Facebook friends [15] and how Facebook participation affects the genesis of social capital among its users[ 12 ].”
Examining WeChat users' motivations, trust, attitudes, and positive word-of-mouth: Evidence from China (2014, background): “Ellison et al. (2006) noted that information, sociality, entertainment, and conformity are the chief motivations of American students in using Facebook.”
Understanding online social network usage from a network perspective (2009, unknown): “IMC 09, November 4 6, 2009, Chicago, Illinois, USA.”