{"id":260,"date":"2019-10-31T05:19:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T05:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/cscw2019\/?p=260"},"modified":"2019-10-31T05:19:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T05:19:11","slug":"the-benefits-of-facebook-friends-social-capital-and-college-students-use-of-online-social-network-site-setor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/cscw2019\/2019\/10\/31\/the-benefits-of-facebook-friends-social-capital-and-college-students-use-of-online-social-network-site-setor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Facebook \u201cFriends:\u201d Social Capital and College Students\u2019 Use of Online Social Network Site &#8211; Setor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This\npaper focused on examining how Facebook assess and bridges social capital. They\nalso explore ways in which users on Facebook maintain these social capitals. In\nthe end they found it that users of Facebook would benefit for people who have\nlow self-esteem and low life satisfaction. The research method the authors used\nwas a random sample of 800 Michigan State University (MSU) undergraduate\nstudents to participate in a study and a survey. Of those 800 who were requested\n286 students the online survey and participated in the study.&nbsp; The authors wanted to use this sample size to\ntest their hypothesis: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;Intensity\nof Facebook use will be positively associated with individuals\u2019 perceived\nbridging social capital<\/li><li>Intensity\nof Facebook use will be positively associated with individuals\u2019 perceived\nbonding social capital.<\/li><li>The\nrelationship between intensity of Facebook use and bridging social capital will\nvary depending on the degree of a person\u2019s self-esteem.<\/li><li>The\nrelationship between intensity of Facebook use and bridging social capital will\nvary depending on the degree of a person\u2019s satisfaction with life<\/li><li>The\nrelationship between intensity of Facebook use and bonding social capital will\nvary depending on the degree of a person\u2019s self-esteem.<\/li><li>The\nrelationship between intensity of Facebook use and bonding social capital will\nvary depending on the degree of a person\u2019s satisfaction with life.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The research outcomes showed that there is a correlation between Facebook usage and social capital. Intensive use of Facebook proved to be a great measure for understanding and predicting social capital accumulation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnline\ninteractions do not necessarily remove people from their offline world but may\nindeed be used to support relationships and keep people in contact, even when\nlife changes move them away from each other. In addition to helping student\npopulations, this use of technology could support a variety of populations,\nincluding professional researchers, neighborhood and community members,\nemployees of companies, or others who benefit from maintained ties\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Facebook has grown over the years and transformed\ninto multiple platforms, I am very curious to see the results from the study\nagain. As most undergraduate college students today have made the change from\nFacebook to Instagram (which is still owned by Facebook) I am curious to see if\nthose hypotheses still hold true. There are several psychological aspects the\nauthors did not discuss such only focusing solely on one sample size and not\nanalyzing how the metrics on Facebook play a part in the overall relationship between\nthe user and boding social capital. I am curious to see if the inverse of the hypothesis\nholds true. Social Media, especially Twitter and FB have been researched and\nproven to show low self-esteem if overused whereas the authors in this paper stated\nthat as their use of Facebook intensive their social capital increased. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This paper focused on examining how Facebook assess and bridges social capital. They also explore ways in which users on Facebook maintain these social capitals. 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