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

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Highlights：

• Social network sites can affect an individual’s identity representation.

• Individuals alter their profiles to maximize benefits from connections.

• Identity manipulation may also increase production of perverse social capital.

• Perverse social capital occurs when an individual’s actions are constrained.

• How self-selected identity impacts social capital is examined.

摘要

•Social network sites can affect an individual’s identity representation.•Individuals alter their profiles to maximize benefits from connections.•Identity manipulation may also increase production of perverse social capital.•Perverse social capital occurs when an individual’s actions are constrained.•How self-selected identity impacts social capital is examined.

论文关键词：Self-selected identity,Social network sites,Social capital

论文评审过程：Available online 21 September 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.08.015