Although studies have shown that Instagram use and young adults' mental health are cross-
sectionally associated, longitudinal evidence is lacking. In addition, no study thus far …

This study aims to provide a deeper understanding of the relationships between different
types of Facebook use, perceived online social support, and boys' and girls' depressed …

Following the fast growth of social network sites (SNSs) such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and
Facebook in the cyber world, social commerce has become an important emerging issue in …

Social networking sites offer new avenues for interpersonal communication that may enable
people to build social capital. The meta-analyses reported in this paper evaluated the …

In this work, we challenge the assumption that weak ties play uniquely important social
support roles on social network sites, particularly regarding informational support. To …

The goal of this study is to examine and understand the relationship between the utilization
of Facebook features and two types of social capital: bonding and bridging. An online survey …

Social capital has become a key concept in the study of social network sites such as
Facebook. An influential body of literature has emerged which links the accumulation of …

Theoretical approaches as well as empirical results in the area of social capital
accumulation on social networking sites suggest that weak ties/bridging versus strong …

This volume provides a graduate-level introduction to communication science, including
theory and scholarship for masters and PhD students as well as practicing scholars. The …

The purpose of this study was to explore the variables that impact participants' dependency
upon Facebook to achieve communication goals from a uses and gratifications (U&G) …