Cultivating social resources on social network sites: Facebook relationship maintenance behaviors and their role in social capital processes

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 855-870

  Ellison, Nicole B ^a   Vitak, Jessica ^b   Gray, Rebecca ^c   Lampe, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Relationship maintenance; Social capital; Social grooming; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BRIDGING SOCIAL CAPITALS; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; FACEBOOK; RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL GROOMING; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SOCIAL RESOURCES; SURVEY DATA;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84900422978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12078     Document Type: Article

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