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First-generation students and college: the role of Facebook networks as information sources

Abstract:: Social network site (SNS) platforms have the potential to be effective information-seeking channels due to their technical and social affordances, such as the ability to broadcast content to a large group and to aggregate one’s contacts. This study tests the impact of a Facebook app that allows users to visualize their network of Facebook Friends to see how it influences who adolescents identify as good sources of information about college. Comparing Friends selected by 24 high school seniors...
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Jeon, G., Hogan, B., Ellison, N., & Greenhow, C. (2016). First-generation students and college: the role of Facebook networks as information sources. CSCW '16: Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, 887–899.

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Jeon, G., et al. “First-Generation Students and College: the Role of Facebook Networks as Information Sources.” CSCW '16: Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, ACM Digital Library, 2016, pp. 887–99.

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Jeon, G, B Hogan, N Ellison, and C Greenhow. 2016. “First-Generation Students and College: the Role of Facebook Networks as Information Sources.” In CSCW '16: Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, 887–99. ACM Digital Library.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1145/2818048.2820074

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University of Oxford

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Oxford Internet Institute

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Publisher:: ACM Digital Library Publisher's website
Journal:: CSCW '16: Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing Journal website
Pages:: 887-899
Publication date:: 2016-02-27
Acceptance date:: 2016-02-27
Event start date:: 2016-02-27
DOI:: 10.1145/2818048.2820074

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Keywords:: SBTMR
Pubs id:: pubs:632557
UUID:: uuid:47990886-5eba-407d-b2e1-9ad9cc868529
Local pid:: pubs:632557
Source identifiers:: 632557
Deposit date:: 2016-07-08

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Copyright holder:: ACM, Inc
Copyright date:: 2016

Licence:: Terms and Conditions of Use for Oxford University Research Archive

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