Social network sites : the use of Facebook towards resource attainment.

• Main Author: Yap, Eric Zong Xing.
• Other Authors: Caroline Pluss
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Alternative media
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43833
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper works on applying interactionist, structuralist and social network theories to understand the role of Social Network Sites (SNSes) in capital conversion and eventually resource attainment in today’s highly technologically-advanced society. Participants in the study were undergraduates fro...