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The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites, Nicole B. Ellison, Charles Steinfield, Cliff Lampe – Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University – Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), article 1.

  • “This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social network site, and the formation and maintenance of social capital. In addition to assessing bonding and bridging social capital, we explore a dimension of social capital that assesses one’s ability to stay connected with members of a previously inhabited community, which we call maintained social capital.”
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