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

Ellison, Nicole B.; Vitak, Jessica; Gray, Rebecca; Lampe, Cliff

doi:10.1111/jcc4.12078

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“…One of the groundbreaking innovations in the Internet-based platforms with multidimensional purposes is development of social networking sites (SNSs). ‘The SNSs are web-based platforms on which members can create personal profiles, articulate friendship connections, and socially interact with the friend connections by uploading, liking, and commenting on content such as photos, messages, and videos shared on newsfeeds’ [3]. A recent study by Duggan has shown that, among the American adults, a great majority use smart phones by adopting the Web 2.0-based applications of SNSs and approximately 72% use Facebook, 31% Pinterest, 28% Instagram, 25% LinkedIn, and 23% Twitter [4].…”

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Measuring the extent and nature of use of Social Networking Sites in Medical Education (SNSME) by university students: Results of a multi-center study

Guraya

Almaramhy

Al-Qahtani

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Medical Education Online

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There is a sharp rise in the use of social networking sites (SNSs) by university students for various purposes. However, little is known about the use of SNSs for educational purposes. This study aims to determine educational use of SNSs by the medical students of two Saudi and a Kuwaiti medical school. A cross-sectional study was conducted by administering a 20-statement questionnaire to the undergraduate medical and allied health sciences students of two Saudi universities: Taibah University (TU) and Imam Abdulrahman AlFaisal University (IAFU), and one Kuwaiti university, Kuwait University (KU). The data were collected and analyzed by SPSS 20. Of a total of 1312 respondents, 1181 (90%) students used SNSs and 131 (10%) did not use SNSs for any reason. Further, only 442/1181 (37%, p < 0.00) students used SNSs for education and found these sites to be useful. As many as 357 (27%) students used SNSs for sharing education-related information once a day, 306 (23%) 3–5 times a day, and 331 (25%) once a week. A maximum of 678 (52%) used Facebook for educational purpose and most of the students, 469 (38%), used SNSs for sharing lectures. There were significant variations in responses among genders and year of schooling. The use of online social media in medical education is a rapidly evolving arena of scholarship. Low use of SNSs for sharing information and significant variations in perceptions of medical students about social media should draw attention of policy-makers for promoting awareness and educational reforms.

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Measuring the extent and nature of use of Social Networking Sites in Medical Education (SNSME) by university students: Results of a multi-center study

Guraya

Almaramhy

Al-Qahtani

et al. 2018

Medical Education Online

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“…Almakrami (2015) notes that the perception of the benefit of social relations lead to greater communication between parties which in turn leads to greater interaction and self-disclosure. According to Ellison et al (2014) self-disclosure is then an important motivator in forming relationships. Al-Saggaf & Nielson (2014) found loneliness to be another predictor of self-disclosure.…”

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An Exploratory Study of Attitudes Towards Privacy in Social Media and the Threat of Blackmail: The Views of a Group of Saudi Women

Al‐Saggaf

2016

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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The Saudi Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or the Religious Police as it is commonly known in the west, has dealt with 1834 incidents of women being blackmailed by men in 2014 and of those 22% (N= 403) were initiated using Social Network Sites (SNS). In light of the reality about these crimes, this study asked the following questions: (1) Are Saudi women concerned about their privacy in SNS? (2) Are Saudi women worried about falling victim to blackmail in SNS? (3) Do Saudi women know how to change the privacy settings in SNS? (4) Are Saudi women comfortable with communicating across gender lines in SNS? To address these questions, qualitative interviews with 16 women who used Facebook regularly and a focus group discussion with another group of 10 Saudi female students were conducted. The findings of the study show that the Saudi women interviewed appeared concerned about their privacy in Facebook, worried about falling victim to blackmail, knew how to change the privacy settings and are not comfortable with communicating across gender lines. This suggests that the participants in this study are not the likely victims of blackmail crimes. Further research is needed to understand the profile of the victims of blackmail and the root cause of these crimes.

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“…There are positive benefits to sharing information widely on Facebook, including an increase in bridging social capital (Ellison, Vitak, Gray, & Lampe, 2014) and perceived social support (Lai & Yang, 2015). Despite the benefits, however, Facebook users also worry about unwanted disclosures happening if information meant for only some users within their network is revealed more widely than they intended (Fox & Moreland, 2015).…”

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The Imagined Audience and Privacy Concern on Facebook: Differences Between Producers and Consumers

Jung

Rader

2016

Social Media + Society

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Facebook users share information with others by creating posts and specifying who should be able to see each post. Once a user creates a post, those who see it have the ability to copy and re-share the information. But, if the reader has a different understanding of the information in the post than the creator intended, he or she may use the information in ways that are contrary to the intentions of the original creator. This study examined whether post creators (Producers) and readers (Consumers) who are Facebook Friends had similar levels of privacy concern regarding how others might use the information in specific posts, and how their privacy concern about the post varied by whether the imagined audience consisted of Friends, Friends of Friends, or the general Public. The results showed that both Producers and Consumers had similar levels of privacy concern about a post shared with an imagined audience of Friends versus Friends of Friends. However, Consumers believed posts were more private than the Producers themselves did, and showed more privacy concern. This shows that post Consumers care about Producers' privacy, perceive that they are co-owners of the information, and engage in boundary management with Producers.

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

Cited by 739 publications

References 33 publications

Measuring the extent and nature of use of Social Networking Sites in Medical Education (SNSME) by university students: Results of a multi-center study

Measuring the extent and nature of use of Social Networking Sites in Medical Education (SNSME) by university students: Results of a multi-center study

An Exploratory Study of Attitudes Towards Privacy in Social Media and the Threat of Blackmail: The Views of a Group of Saudi Women

The Imagined Audience and Privacy Concern on Facebook: Differences Between Producers and Consumers

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