TY - JOUR
T1 - Does Facebook Use Predict College Students’ Social Capital? A Replication of Ellison, Steinfield, and Lampe’s (2007) Study Using the Original and More Recent Measures of Facebook Use and Social Capital
AU - Vanden Abeele, Mariek M.P.
AU - Antheunis, Marjolijn L.
AU - Pollmann, Monique M.H.
AU - Schouten, Alexander P.
AU - Liebrecht, Christine C.
AU - van der Wijst, Per J.
AU - van Amelsvoort, Marije A.A.
AU - Bartels, Jos
AU - Krahmer, Emiel J.
AU - Maes, Fons A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 [Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Marjolijn L. Antheunis, Monique M. H. Pollmann, Alexander P. Schouten, Christine C. Liebrecht, Per J. van der Wijst, Marije A. A. van Amelsvoort, Jos Bartels, Emiel J. Krahmer, and Fons A. Maes].
PY - 2018/5/27
Y1 - 2018/5/27
N2 - In 2007 Ellison, Steinfield, and Lampe published an article on the positive association between Facebook use and social capital that started a decade of research on the social outcomes of social network site use. Although cited almost 9,000 times, it received critique on the conceptualization and operationalization of Facebook use and social capital. In this study we replicate Ellison et al.’s study with original and alternative measures of social capital and Facebook use, thereby shedding light on the robustness, stability, and ecological validity of the original findings. We found that Facebook intensity positively predicts the original social capital measures, lending support to the validity of the original findings. Its relationship with structural measures, however, was weak for bridging and absent for bonding social capital.
AB - In 2007 Ellison, Steinfield, and Lampe published an article on the positive association between Facebook use and social capital that started a decade of research on the social outcomes of social network site use. Although cited almost 9,000 times, it received critique on the conceptualization and operationalization of Facebook use and social capital. In this study we replicate Ellison et al.’s study with original and alternative measures of social capital and Facebook use, thereby shedding light on the robustness, stability, and ecological validity of the original findings. We found that Facebook intensity positively predicts the original social capital measures, lending support to the validity of the original findings. Its relationship with structural measures, however, was weak for bridging and absent for bonding social capital.
KW - Bonding
KW - Bridging
KW - Facebook
KW - Social Capital
KW - Social Network Sites (SNSs)
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U2 - 10.1080/10510974.2018.1464937
DO - 10.1080/10510974.2018.1464937
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85047020294
SN - 1051-0974
VL - 69
SP - 272
EP - 282
JO - Communication Studies
JF - Communication Studies
IS - 3
ER -