Perceived bridging and bonding social capital on Twitter: Differentiating between followers and followees

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Highlights:

• We model predictors of perceived bridging and bonding social capital on Twitter.

• Twitter use determines perceived online bridging social capital.

• The number of followers predicted perceived online bonding social capital.

• The number of followees perceived online bridging social capital.

• The study also revealed that one may have too many followers/followees.

摘要

•We model predictors of perceived bridging and bonding social capital on Twitter.•Twitter use determines perceived online bridging social capital.•The number of followers predicted perceived online bonding social capital.•The number of followees perceived online bridging social capital.•The study also revealed that one may have too many followers/followees.

论文关键词:Twitter,Bonding online social capital,Bridging online social capital,Followers,Followees

论文评审过程:Available online 31 May 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.04.038