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Social Network Site Affordances and Their Relationship to Social Capital Processes
Abstract
From both the literature and the everyday experiences, it seems clear that social media are enabling new patterns of communication, interaction, and affiliation; how, why, and to what ends social media use is related to social capital outcomes is the focus of this chapter. The chapter synthesizes the literature on social network sites (SNSs) and social capital in order to describe these dynamics. When studying social media, it is important to remember that communication processes as well as social capital outcomes may be influenced by the sites’ affordances. The chapter explores the relationship between SNSs and social capital by looking at how social capital exchanges are facilitated by the three elements of SNSs, as delineated by Ellison and Boyd: the profile, the articulated network, and the content stream. Social grooming practices are activities that build trust and create expectations of reciprocal attention among network members.
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- Ellison, N. B., & Vitak, J.
- Venue
- The Handbook of the Psychology of Communication Technology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-01-05
- Pages
- 203-227
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- W1487170152
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- 275
- References
- 20
- Type
- other
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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