Social networking sites (SNSs) allow users to connect with each other by overcoming
geographical and temporal boundaries and thus empower people to search for social …

Current scholarship knows little about what forms of social support are the major benefits of
Social Network Sites (SNSs) use. To solve this problem, this study examined the association …

Little attention has been paid in previous literature to understanding the factors that drive
online social support from a perspective of social psychology. This study validates a …

Existing work on the effects of social network sites (SNS) on well-being has often stressed
that SNS can help people gain social support from their online networks, which positively …

Social network sites (SNS) have become an increasingly popular platform for providing and
receiving social support. Traditionally, females are believed to offer more social support …

The purpose of this study is to examine whether supportive interactions on social networking
sites mediate the influence of SNS use and the number of SNS friends on perceived social …

The article presents a narrative review of scholarship on social support through social
networking sites (SNSs) published from 2004 to 2015. By searching keywords related to …

This study distinguishes perceptions of, preferences for, and outcomes related to people's
social ties online. It expands understanding of when and why using social network sites …

People around the globe now regularly interact with family and friends through social
network sites (SNSs). In this article, we investigated the differences between social …

This present study examined the associations among personality traits, attitude toward using
social networking sites, social influence, social networking site usage, and online social …