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Effects of Social Network Sites on Social Capital and Awareness of Privacy: A Study of Chinese and U.S. College Students' Usage of Social Network Sites

Sun, Tianyi
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1408105548

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2014, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Journalism (Communication).
This thesis examined the effects of social network sites (SNS) on users' social capital and privacy awareness and tested if differences existed in intensity of SNS usage and its relationship with students' social capital and privacy awareness between Chinese and the U.S. college students. An online survey conducted among Chinese Renren Network users and the U.S. Facebook users showed that the usage of SNSs was positively related to users' social capital (both bridging and partially bonding) and privacy awareness. Significant differences were found in the intensity of SNS usage and bridging social capital between the users of Facebook and Renren Network.
Jatin Srivastava (Advisor)
Bernhard Debatin (Committee Member)
Parul Jain (Committee Member)
105 p.
Communication; Journalism
social capital; social networking sites; privacy awareness; cultural difference; privacy paradox; friendship

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  • Sun, T. (2014). Effects of Social Network Sites on Social Capital and Awareness of Privacy: A Study of Chinese and U.S. College Students' Usage of Social Network Sites [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1408105548

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sun, Tianyi. Effects of Social Network Sites on Social Capital and Awareness of Privacy: A Study of Chinese and U.S. College Students' Usage of Social Network Sites. 2014. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1408105548.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sun, Tianyi. "Effects of Social Network Sites on Social Capital and Awareness of Privacy: A Study of Chinese and U.S. College Students' Usage of Social Network Sites." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1408105548

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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