Cultivating Social Resources on Social Network Sites: Facebook Relationship Maintenance Behaviors and Their Role in Social Capital Processes

By Nicole B. Ellison, Jessica Vitak, Rebecca Gray, Cliff Lampe. J. Comput. Mediat. Commun., 2014

898 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/6078199249b6c42436b63c75b46ed2480e788094

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Communication

In Sociology and Political Science

Citations in the corpus

Uses and gratifications of social networking sites for bridging and bonding social capital: A comparison of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (2017, background): “…makes theoretical contributions to extant literature on UGT and social capital formation and maintenance among SNS users (e.g. Chu and Kim, 2011; Ellison et al., 2014; Gil de Zuniga et al., 2012; Phua and Jin, 2011; Valenzuela et al., 2009; Williams, 2006) by examining how bridging and bonding…”
Influence of Social Support Received in Online and Offline Contexts on Satisfaction With Social Support and Satisfaction With Life: A Longitudinal Study (2015, background): “Informational support shows strong connections to the concept of bridging social capital as weak ties offer access to a wide array of connections, which may be capitalized in terms of novel information (Ellison et al., 2014).”
Why Do Academics Use Academic Social Networking Sites (2017, background): “The creation of social capital and personal advancement by means of activity on social networks is well known in research on social networks (Ellison et al., 2014; Valenzuela, Park, & Kee, 2009).”
Female Gamers’ Experience of Online Harassment and Social Support in Online Gaming: A Qualitative Study (2018, background): “Internet interaction has been positively associated with the development of social support (Ellison et al. 2014; Kim 2014; Olson et al. 2012; Steinfield et al. 2008).”
Digital Stress over the Life Span: The Effects of Communication Load and Internet Multitasking on Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Impairments in a German Probability Sample (2017, background): “In a current study by Ellison et al. (2014), age was negatively related to social capital obtained on Facebook.”
#Trending topics in careers: a review and future research agenda (2017, background): “There is quite some emerging research on the role of social media in organizational behavior and careers (e.g. Benson et al., 2014; Ellison et al., 2014), yet this has mostly been published in journals that focus on ICT and technology (e.”
The Relationship between Facebook Use and Well-Being depends on Communication Type and Tie Strength (2016, background): “While Facebook posts are typically short, they are used to maintain friendships by exchanging good and bad news (Ellison et al., 2014) and requesting resources from friends (Lampe, Gray, Fiore, & Ellison, 2014).”
The effects of social deprivation on adolescent development and mental health (2020, neutral): “Specifically, ‘active’ uses of social media, for example engaging in directed communication (e.g. messaging) or posting directly on another person’s ‘wall’, have been shown to increase well-being( 75 ) and help maintain personal relationships( 76 ).”
A Meta-Analysis of Social Networking Online and Social Capital (2016, methodology): “The Facebook Intensity Scale developed by Ellison et al. (2007) was the most widely adopted measure of SNS usage.”
Growing closer on facebook: changes in tie strength through social network site use (2014, background): “CLASSES OF RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION Online communication takes many forms, the details of which matter when considering its effect on relationships [6,12,35].”