The impact of self-selected identity on productive or perverse social capital in social network sites

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• 作者：Rozan O. Maghrabi ^{romaghra@uncg.edu" class="auth_mail} ; Richelle L. Oakley ; ^{rloakle3@uncg.edu" class="auth_mail} ; Hamid R. Nemati ^{hrnemati@uncg.edu" class="auth_mail}
• 关键词：Self-selected identity ; Social network sites ; Social capital
• 刊名：Computers in Human Behavior
• 出版年：April, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：33
• 期：Complete
• 页码：367-371
• 全文大小：256 K

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Social network sites can provide a person with the freedom to represent themselves in various ways, thus exhibiting multiple variations of their identity. Research states that an individual鈥檚 identity is self-monitored depending on the contextual situation that they are in. The type of social capital that one derives from social network sites can be impacted by this self-monitoring ability. Current research has addressed how productive social capital can be gained in social network sites. However, limited research has addressed the issue of perverse social capital, especially in social network sites. We argue that social network sites are a particularly unique environment that can affect an individual鈥檚 representation of their identity, thus increasing the likelihood of producing perverse social capital. We examine how technology affects an individual鈥檚 selected self-identity, as measured through their self-monitoring ability, and how this altered behavior leads to productive or perverse social capital in social network sites.