Social capital: the benefit of Facebook ‘friends’

Johnston, Kevin; Tanner, Maureen; Lalla, Nishant; Kawalski, Dori

doi:10.1080/0144929x.2010.550063

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“…Related to the previous point, several studies have reported a positive relationship between the use of SNSs and individual social capital (e.g., Ellison et al 2007;Steinfield et al 2008;Valenzuela et al 2009;Johnston et al 2013;Sabatini and Sarracino 2014).…”

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Social Network Sites, Individual Social Capital and Happiness

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“…The gaps identified by Johnston et al (2013) suggest that new avenues of future research could create a more detailed analysis with regard to the demographic use and non-use of SNSs within South Africa, as well as the role of race and age in the creation and maintenance of social capital among South African university students.…”

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“…Traditional Universities offer theoretically-oriented university degrees (Akpojivi, 2013;Van der Merwe, 2013), Universities of Technology offer vocationally-oriented diplomas and degrees (Akpojivi, 2013;Van der Merwe, 2013), while Comprehensive Universities offer a combination of both types of qualifications (Van der Merwe, 2013). The study done by Johnston, Tanner, Lalla, and Kawalski (2013) surveyed five universities throughout South Africa, none of which were of the comprehensive university type. The study, therefore, added a comprehensive university to the research context.…”

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The Impact Facebook and Twitter has on the Cognitive Social Capital of University Students

Johnston¹,

Petersen²

2015

InSITE Conference

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The impact that Social Media, such as Facebook and Twitter, usage has on the creation and maintenance of university students' cognitive social capital was investigated on students in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Facebook and Twitter were selected as part of the research context because both are popular online social network systems (SNSs), and few studies were found that investigated the impact that social media has on the cognitive social capital of South African university students. Data was collected from a survey questionnaire, which was successfully completed by over 100 students from all five universities within the Western Cape. The questionnaire was obtained from a previous study, allowing comparisons to be made. The research involves disciplines such as Information Systems, Psychology, and Sociology, and the information gathered is meant to inform inquiry in various disciplines. Analysis of the results, however, did not show a strong relationship between the intensity of Facebook and Twitter usage and the various forms of social capital. Facebook usage was found to correlate with student satisfaction with university life, which suggests that increasing the intensity of Facebook usage for students experiencing low satisfaction with university life might be beneficial.

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“…Despite these features, however, the impact of security, privacy and trust on sharing of information needs to be addressed. Research by Johnston et al 9 investigated the role Facebook use plays in the creation or maintenance of social capital among university students in South Africa. This paper focuses on the impact of privacy, security and trust on users' willingness to share information within social networking sites in the context of Facebook.…”

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Measuring the impact of security, trust and privacy in information sharing: A study on social networking sites

Gupta

Dhami

2015

J Direct Data Digit Mark Pract

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In the internet era, social networking websites have thrived. Computermediated communication has changed the rules of social interaction and communication. Most social networking sites, for example Orkut, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, facilitate users with features such as online interaction, sharing of information and developing new relationships. Online interaction and sharing of personal information on social networking sites has raised new privacy concerns. This requires an exploratory study into users' behavioural intention to share information.

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Social capital: the benefit of Facebook ‘friends’

Cited by 182 publications

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Social Network Sites, Individual Social Capital and Happiness

Social Network Sites, Individual Social Capital and Happiness

The Impact Facebook and Twitter has on the Cognitive Social Capital of University Students

Measuring the impact of security, trust and privacy in information sharing: A study on social networking sites

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