Using facebook after losing a job: Differential benefits of strong and weak ties

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1419-1429

  Burke, Moira ^a   Kraut, Robert ^b  

^a FACEBOOK   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Job loss; Social capital; Social network sites; Social support; Stress; Tie strength; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

JOB LOSS; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIE STRENGTHS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; EMPLOYMENT; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; STRESSES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84874824661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2441776.2441936     Document Type: Conference Paper

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