Propensity to make social connections and structural social capital of SNS users

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作者：

Sinyavskaya, Yadviga ^{[1
]}

Porshnev, Alexander ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Res Univ Higher Sch Econ, Lab Internet Studies, St Petersburg, Russia

来源：

ANNUAL REVIEW OF CYBERTHERAPY AND TELEMEDICINE | 2019年 / 17卷

关键词：

Social capital; Propensity to make connections; ego-networks; Social network analysis; Social Networking Site (SNS);

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TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

The present study aims to investigate the relationship between structural social capital of social networking site (SNS) users and their propensity to make social connections. We focus on Vkontakte SNS as the most popular one in Russia and obtain both network data on ego-networks characteristics and self-reported data on the motivation to make connections from 363 respondents. The results support the idea that the growth of personal networks is driven by the own motivation of users along with the effect of preferential attachment is observed. In addition, users with different level of motivation to connect with others turned out to demonstrate different patterns of online friending behavior: less motivated users form more tight and dense ego-networks in comparison with highly socially-oriented users. In contrast, highly motivated users possess more loose and centralized networks, which may reflect the tendency of ego-network having a star-structure.

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