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Article: Do the socially rich get richer? A nuanced perspective on social network site use and online social capital accrual
Title | Do the socially rich get richer? A nuanced perspective on social network site use and online social capital accrual |
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Keywords | Facebook online social media social capital social network site social networking site |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/journals/bul.html |
Citation | Psychological Bulletin, 2019, v. 145 n. 7, p. 734-764 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The benefits of using social network sites (SNS) have spurred heated debate in academia and popular culture alike. This study sought to address the debate by formulating a new, nuanced framework highlighting two conceptual distinctions: (a) preference for versus problem in one’s interpersonal relations, and (b) SNS use versus the benefits of such use. Mixed-effects meta-analysis was performed in 178 independent samples from seven regions worldwide (n = 108,068; age range = 13–68). Eligible studies were those that examined an association between at least one common proxy measure of the socially rich (vs. poor; i.e., extraversion, social anxiety, or loneliness) and a criterion measure (i.e., SNS use or online social capital). The results revealed a complex picture. SNS use was positively correlated with both extraversion and social anxiety, although the social anxiety–SNS use correlation was significant for adult samples rather than adolescent samples. Online social capital was positively correlated with extraversion but inversely correlated with loneliness. Our conclusion is that extraverted individuals use SNS to enhance their opportunities for social interactions and can acquire more online social resources, whereas adults who are socially anxious use SNS to compensate for their social deficits but such effort is unrelated to online social resource accumulation. Individuals who feel lonely tend to obtain few such resources. However, most of the studies examined the leisure use of Facebook. We advocate more thorough testing of our hypotheses in future research on therapeutic SNS use and/or the use of SNS other than Facebook. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/290091 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 17.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 8.412 |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheng, C | - |
dc.contributor.author | WANG, HY | - |
dc.contributor.author | SIGERSON, SL | - |
dc.contributor.author | CHAU, CL | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-22T08:21:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-22T08:21:59Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Psychological Bulletin, 2019, v. 145 n. 7, p. 734-764 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0033-2909 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/290091 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The benefits of using social network sites (SNS) have spurred heated debate in academia and popular culture alike. This study sought to address the debate by formulating a new, nuanced framework highlighting two conceptual distinctions: (a) preference for versus problem in one’s interpersonal relations, and (b) SNS use versus the benefits of such use. Mixed-effects meta-analysis was performed in 178 independent samples from seven regions worldwide (n = 108,068; age range = 13–68). Eligible studies were those that examined an association between at least one common proxy measure of the socially rich (vs. poor; i.e., extraversion, social anxiety, or loneliness) and a criterion measure (i.e., SNS use or online social capital). The results revealed a complex picture. SNS use was positively correlated with both extraversion and social anxiety, although the social anxiety–SNS use correlation was significant for adult samples rather than adolescent samples. Online social capital was positively correlated with extraversion but inversely correlated with loneliness. Our conclusion is that extraverted individuals use SNS to enhance their opportunities for social interactions and can acquire more online social resources, whereas adults who are socially anxious use SNS to compensate for their social deficits but such effort is unrelated to online social resource accumulation. Individuals who feel lonely tend to obtain few such resources. However, most of the studies examined the leisure use of Facebook. We advocate more thorough testing of our hypotheses in future research on therapeutic SNS use and/or the use of SNS other than Facebook. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | American Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/journals/bul.html | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Psychological Bulletin | - |
dc.rights | ©American Psychological Association, [2019]. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bul0000198] | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | - | |
dc.subject | online social media | - |
dc.subject | social capital | - |
dc.subject | social network site | - |
dc.subject | social networking site | - |
dc.title | Do the socially rich get richer? A nuanced perspective on social network site use and online social capital accrual | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cheng, C: ceccheng@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Cheng, C=rp00588 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1037/bul0000198 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 31094537 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85065664465 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 317320 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 145 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 734 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 764 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000471241700003 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0033-2909 | - |