Strength of Internet Ties, The

By Jeffrey Boase, J. Horrigan, Lee Rainie, Barry Wellman. 2006

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Social Connectivity in America: Changes in Adult Friendship Network Size From 2002 to 2007 (2010, background): “Fueled by limited evidence this tizzy has mostly been a media panic as scholars have repeatedly shown that the Internet and social relationships are intertwined.”
Internet Use and Social Networking Among Middle Aged and Older Adults (2010, methodology): “Other studies suggest that the Internet helps strengthen social networks and increase social support and social capital (Katz & Aspden, 1997; Kraut et al., 2002; Wellman et al., 2001; Boase et al., 2006).”
Imagining Twitter as an Imagined Community (2011, background): “They have found that the Internet and in-person contact extend and enhance each other, rather than replace each other (see the reviews by Boase & Wellman, 2006; Chua, Madej, & Wellman, 2010).”
Flourishing on facebook: virtue friendship & new social media (2012, background): “(Wellman et al. 2001; Ellison et al. 2007; Rainie et al. 2006; Ito et al. 2008) One frequent interpretation of these results has been that new social media may be taking time away from less social activities such as television watching and reading rather than interfering with face-to-face…”
Patterns and dynamics of users' behavior and interaction: Network analysis of an online community (2009, background): “…is strongly correlated with ofﬂine social interaction, the cost of handling connections online is expected to reﬂect closely the non-zero cost associated with ofﬂine interaction (Boase et al., 2006; Boase, 2008; Stern, 2008; Wellman, 1999; Wellman & Haythornthwaite, 2002; Wellman et al., 2006).”
The Effects of Instant Messaging on the Quality of Adolescents’ Existing Friendships: A Longitudinal Study (2009, background): “…the great majority reported positive effects of (types of) Internet use on the quantity and/or quality of existing friendships or relationships (Boase et al., 2006; Boneva et al., 2006; Howard et al., 2001; Hu, Wood, Smith, & Westbrook, 2004; Katz, Rice, & Aspden, 2001; Kraut et al., 2002;…”
The New Generation of Public Participation: Internet-based Participation Tools (2010, background): “Email: cowley.11@osu.edu Planning Practice & Research, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 397–408, June 2010 transcend spatial boundaries of the past, creating increased contact and accessibility in every certain domains (Wellman & Haythornthwaite, 2002; Boase et al ., 2006).”
Spatially Bounded Online Social Networks and Social Capital: The Role of Facebook (2006, background): “…in an increase in social capital; for instance, a 2006 Pew Internet survey reports that online users are more likely to have a larger network of close ties than non-Internet users and that Internet users are more likely than non-users to receive help from core network members (Boase et al., 2001).”
I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context collapse, and the imagined audience (2011, background): “These viewers are connected not only to the user, but to each other, creating an active, communicative network; connections between individuals differ in strength and meaning (Haythornthwaite, 2002; Boase et al., 2006).”
Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices (2011, background): “Similarly, Boase et al. (2006) found that those with a wider range of occupations represented in their social circle were more likely to get help doing things like changing jobs or finding health information.”
The Benefits of Facebook "Friends: " Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Network Sites (2007, background): “…capital; for instance, a 2006 Pew Internet survey reports that online users are more likely to have a larger network of close ties than non-Internet users, and that Internet users are more likely than non-users to receive help from core network members (Boase, Horrigan, Wellman, & Rainie, 2006).”
Does ‘bigger’ mean ‘better’? Pitfalls and shortcuts associated with big data for social research (2015, background): “…as many scholars have pointed out, the Internet provides the opportunity to reshape previous practices, such as communication, one-to-one relationships, group and community interactions and networks of help and support (Wellman 2011; Ellison et al. 2007; Boase et al. 2006; Wellman and Gulia 1999).”
Signals in Social Supernets (2007, background): “Current research suggests that both strong and weak ties are sustained on SNSs (boyd, 2006; Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2007; Horrigan et al., 2006; Lenhart & Madden, 2007a).”