Modeling cultural acquisition in online social networks

Abstract

This research proposes to study the relationship between audience, context and disclosure in online social network sites. Studying a population of college students, the researchers will use a survey to explore how social maturity, perceived friend network size, and long-term goals affect the identity presented in online social networks. This goal of this analysis is to document a process of identity formation in online social networks. In the model, individuals choose strategies of identity presentation based on notions of in-group awareness, future-selves and social context. This model will be tested with survey methods.

Theorizing on the take‐up of social technologies, organizational policies and norms, and consultants' knowledge‐sharing practices

“…At present, the implication of the use of social technology in organizations is an open and vibrant issue. Despite its importance and topicality, the research on social media tends to focus on students' uses in educational contexts (e.g., Agosto & Abbas, ; Ahn, Bivona, & DiScala, ; Read, Shah, Lupita, & Woolcott, ; Stutzman & Kramer‐Duffield, ) or information behaviors of Millennials on these platforms (Ahn, ; Beheshti, ; Kim, Yoo‐Lee, & Joanna Sin, ; Lupita, O'Brien, & Jaqueline Woolcott, ). These studies primarily center on nonorganizational or explicitly social domains and are less focused on the impact of organizational structural factors as emerging norms and explicit policies.…”