[Web4lib] I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends ... | Article on Study of Campus Facebook Use

[Gerry Mckiernan]

***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS***
Colleagues/

I have learned of the  A Full Report of The Study on Campus Facebook Use previously profiled in a _Friends_ item about  the ECAR Symposium presentation that I posted earlier today. [Thanks! Nicole]:

The Report/Paper:

"The Benefits of Facebook 'Friends': Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Network Sites"

Nicole B. Ellison / Charles Steinfield / Cliff Lampe

>>>From The Conclusion<<<

Online social network sites may play a role different from that described in early literature on virtual communities. Online interactions do not necessarily remove people from their offline world but ***may indeed be used to support relationships and keep people in contact***, even when life changes move them away from each other. In addition to helping student populations, this ***use of technology could support a variety of populations***, including ***professional researchers, neighborhood and community members, employees of companies***, or others who benefit from maintained ties.

A Link to The Paper is Available at:

[ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/01/social-capital-and-college-students-use.html ]

Recommended Reading for the Last Week of January 2008 [:-)

Regards,

/Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

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