'There's a network out there you might as well tap': Exploring the benefits of and barriers to exchanging informational and support-based resources on Facebook

New Media and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-259

  Vitak, Jessica ^a   Ellison, Nicole B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Facebook; information seeking; privacy; self disclosure; social capital; social media; social network sites; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874561605     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812451566     Document Type: Article

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