How has the social media industry evolved overtime and allowed/become a place where college students can network and create relationships with strong and weak ties for post graduation opportunities?
Write a 7-10 page research paper about the use of social media, its trends in the recent years and how people, mainly college students use sites like LinkedIn and Facebook to network and build relationships. Talk about how weak ties and strong ties are important with building relationships to network. Use at least fifteen scholarly articles sourced in the paper.
APA formatted, size 12 font, double spaced
Here are multiple sources too use for information:
1. Coleman, J. (1988). Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital. American Journal of Sociology, 94, S95-S120. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2780243
2. Ellison, N. B., Steinfield, C. and Lampe, C. (2007), The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites. Journal of Computer‐Mediated Communication, 12: 1143-1168. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00367.x
3. Montgomery, J. (1992). Job Search and Network Composition: Implications of the Strength-Of-Weak-Ties Hypothesis. American Sociological Review, 57(5), 586-596. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2095914
4. Granovetter, M. (1983). The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited. Sociological Theory, 1, 201-233. doi:10.2307/202051
5. Sebastián Valenzuela, Namsu Park, Kerk F. Kee; Is There Social Capital in a Social Network Site?: Facebook Use and College Students’ Life Satisfaction, Trust, and Participation, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Volume 14, Issue 4, 1 July 2009, Pages 875–901, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01474.x
6. Yate, M. (2014). Knock ’em dead social networking : for job search and professional success . Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media.
7. Nagano, S., & Fuji, K. (n.d.). Can contact with weak ties on social networking service (SNS) change an individual’s mindset toward stress at the workplace? International Journal Of Psychology, 51(s1), 1089–1089.
8. Duffy, B., & Pooley, J. (n.d.). “Facebook for Academics”: The Convergence of Self-Branding and Social Media Logic on Academia.edu. Social Media + Society, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117696523
9. Cunningham, C. (2013). Social networking and impression management : self-presentation in the digital age . Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books.
10. Liu, W., & Duff, R. (1972). The Strength in Weak Ties. The Public Opinion Quarterly, 36(3), 361-366. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2747444
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