We explore how participation in social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook and Twitter affects the most economically relevant aspect of social capital, trust. We use measures of trust in strangers (or social trust), trust in neighbours and trust in the police. We address endogeneity in the...

With the pervasive use of social media (SM) in organizations, it is regarded as a relevant driver that can influence an employee's job performance. This study fills in the gap that extends the job performance concept by discovering the role of SM in innovative performance in introducing new...

Social media have been credited with the potential of reinvigorating trust by offering new opportunities for social and political participation. This view has been recently challenged by the rising phenomenon of online incivility, which has made the environment of social networking sites hostile...