社交网站旨在维系和发展个体的人际关系网络,而社会资本是个体人际关系中潜在的、可获得的益处或资源,因此社交网站使用和社会资本存在密切关系。然而,有关一般性社交网站使用行为与社会资本关系的研究结果并不一致。针对不同类型使用行为的研究发现,特定类型的社交网站使用行为对特定类型社会资本有积极影响。社交网站中自我表露行为是获取社会资本的一种必要的途径,关系维持行为、资源动员请求行为、隐私保护行为等均是个体获取社会资本的有效行为策略。最后,就社会资本定义、线上线下社会资本存在覆盖等问题进行了探讨。
Social network sites(SNS) help us to maintain and develop our social ties. Social capital is the resources embedded in our social ties and it can be accessed and mobilized through appropriate SNS use. So there is a close relationship between SNS use and social capital. However, previous studies on the relationship between SNS use and social capital are inconsistent. Specific types of SNS use behaviors have positive effects on specific types of social capital. Self-disclosure behaviors on SNS are necessary to obtain social capital. In addition, relationship maintenance behaviors, resource mobilization attempts and privacy protecting behaviors are helpful strategies for users to get social capital. Last, the limitations of the concept of social capital and the problem of overlapping between online and offline social capital are discussed.