When ‘friends’ collide: Social heterogeneity and user vulnerability on social network sites

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Highlights：

• Examines the link between social network characteristics and online vulnerability.

• Combines self-report data with real-world digital characteristics.

• Network size is positively associated with online vulnerability.

• Social and structural network diversity is associated with online vulnerability.

• Presence of non-standard network contacts implicated in online vulnerability.

摘要

•Examines the link between social network characteristics and online vulnerability.•Combines self-report data with real-world digital characteristics.•Network size is positively associated with online vulnerability.•Social and structural network diversity is associated with online vulnerability.•Presence of non-standard network contacts implicated in online vulnerability.

论文关键词：Social networks,Network cluster,Social spheres,Network diversity,Online vulnerability,Online risk

论文评审过程：Received 19 June 2015, Revised 18 July 2015, Accepted 20 July 2015, Available online 11 August 2015, Version of Record 11 August 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.039