Previous research has shown a relationship between use of social networking sites and feelings of social capital. However, most studies have relied on self-reports by college stud...
Social networking sites support a variety of shared content types such as photos, videos, or music. More structured or form-based social content types are not mainstream but we ha...
Werner Geyer, Casey Dugan, Joan Morris DiMicco, Da...
Success and sustainability of social networking sites is highly dependent on user participation. To encourage contribution to an opt-in social networking site designed for employe...
Rosta Farzan, Joan Morris DiMicco, David R. Millen...
The processes by which communities come together, attract new members, and develop over time is a central research issue in the social sciences -- political movements, professiona...
Lars Backstrom, Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Jon M. Kle...
Social networking sites (SNS) are only as good as the content their users share. Therefore, designers of SNS seek to improve the overall user experience by encouraging members to ...
Social networking sites have been increasingly gaining popularity. Well-known sites such as Facebook have been reporting growth rates as high as 3% per week [5]. Many social netwo...