Is There Social Capital in a Social Network Site?: Facebook Use and College Students' Life Satisfaction, Trust, and Participation

By Sebastián Valenzuela, Namsu Park, Kerk F. Kee. J. Comput. Mediat. Commun., 2009

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Opt out of privacy or "go home": understanding reluctant privacy behaviours through the FoMO-centric design paradigm (2019, background): “Social capital is the “resources available to people through their social interactions” [76].”
Comparing actual and self-reported measures of Facebook use (2013, background): “, 2011), life satisfaction, social trust, civic engagement, and political participation (Valenzuela, Park, & Kee, 2009), development of identity and peer relationships (Pempek, Yermolayeva, & Calvert, 2009), and relationship building and maintenance (Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2007, 2011; Valenzu”
Authenticity and well-being on social network sites: A two-wave longitudinal study on the effects of online authenticity and the positivity bias in SNS communication (2014, background): “Social gratifications such as social interactions, social capital, and social support are key motivations to use SNSs (Ellison et al., 2007; Schwämmlein & Wodzicki, 2012; Valenzuela et al., 2009) and are an important factor that drives authentic vs.”
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND DEPRESSION AMONG U.S. YOUNG ADULTS (2016, background): “[16, 17] Some studies suggest that SM users may experience decreased depression,[18] possibly from an increase in social capital, perceived social support, and life satisfaction.[19, 20] Other studies, however, indicate that frequent use of social media may be associated with declines in subjective ”
Who interacts on the Web?: The intersection of users' personality and social media use (2010, background): “In one study of college students, males and females were equally likely to have profiles on social networking sites and were found to spend about three hours each day on the sites (Raacke & Bonds-Raacke, 2008), while two studies reported the students limited themselves to an average of 10–30 min eac”
The Facebook Paths to Happiness: Effects of the Number of Facebook Friends and Self-Presentation on Subjective Well-Being (2011, neutral): “First, unlike past studies that included the number of Facebook friends as part of the index of Facebook use (e.g., Ellison et al. 4 and Valenzuela et al. 5 ), we investigated its independent contribution.”
Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices (2011, neutral): “Corresponding author: Nicole B. Ellison, 408 Communication Arts & Sciences Bldg., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Email: nellison@msu.edu”
Envy on Facebook: A Hidden Threat to Users' Life Satisfaction? (2013, background): “Most studies consistently find a positive link between active communication or general FB activity and such desirable outcomes as life satisfaction [30], social capital [20], and emotional support [2].”
Social network activity and social well-being (2010, background): “Heavy users of SNS also exhibit greater social trust and civic participation [16].”
Mirror or Megaphone?: How relationships between narcissism and social networking site use differ on Facebook and Twitter (2013, methodology): “Previous research on SNS use includes measures of amount of time spent using SNS as well as composite measures of ‘‘intensity’’ (Ellison et al., 2007; Poon & Leung, 2011; Ryan & Xenos, 2011; Valenzuela et al., 2009).”
Student use of Facebook for organizing collaborative classroom activities (2011, methodology): “86) has been used in other Facebook research (e.g., Tomai et al. 2010; Valenzuela et al. 2009).”
How does online social networking enhance life satisfaction? The relationships among online supportive interaction, affect, perceived social support, sense of community, and life satisfaction (2014, methodology): “Studies using this construct often suffered from its weak explanatory power when it was included in a regression model (Valenzuela et al., 2009).”