A tale of two sites: Dual social network site use and social network development

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Highlights:

• Investigate international students' dual social network site use where Facebook and an equivalent in their country are used.

• Focus on two aspects, social relation and network building, in the situation of dual SNS use.

• Assess how these social factors influence international people's site choice.

• Validate the general affordances of SNSs across sites, social groups, and cultures.

摘要

•Investigate international students' dual social network site use where Facebook and an equivalent in their country are used.•Focus on two aspects, social relation and network building, in the situation of dual SNS use.•Assess how these social factors influence international people's site choice.•Validate the general affordances of SNSs across sites, social groups, and cultures.

论文关键词:Social network sites,Social capital,Cross-cultural interaction,Computer-mediated communication,Interpersonal relationships

论文评审过程:Received 24 June 2016, Revised 1 April 2017, Accepted 5 April 2017, Available online 10 April 2017, Version of Record 18 April 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.011