sociability. We find that participation in SNSs such as Facebook and Twitter has a positive effect on face to face interactions …

information, and how they form beliefs. Experts are concerned that the rise of social media may make interaction and information …

There is growing evidence that face-to-face interaction is declining in many countries, exacerbating the phenomenon of … social isolation. On the other hand, social interaction through online networking sites is steeply rising. To analyze these … participation: 1) interaction via both online social networks and face-to-face encounters; 2) interaction by exclusive means of face …