When ‘friends’ collide: Social heterogeneity and user vulnerability on social network sites

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Highlights:

• Examines the link between social network characteristics and online vulnerability.

• Combines self-report data with real-world digital characteristics.

• Network size is positively associated with online vulnerability.

• Social and structural network diversity is associated with online vulnerability.

• Presence of non-standard network contacts implicated in online vulnerability.

摘要

•Examines the link between social network characteristics and online vulnerability.•Combines self-report data with real-world digital characteristics.•Network size is positively associated with online vulnerability.•Social and structural network diversity is associated with online vulnerability.•Presence of non-standard network contacts implicated in online vulnerability.

论文关键词:Social networks,Network cluster,Social spheres,Network diversity,Online vulnerability,Online risk

论文评审过程:Received 19 June 2015, Revised 18 July 2015, Accepted 20 July 2015, Available online 11 August 2015, Version of Record 11 August 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.039