Abstract
Social network sites(SNS) help us to maintain and develop our social ties. Social capital is the resources embedded in our social ties and it can be accessed and mobilized through appropriate SNS use. So there is a close relationship between SNS use and social capital. However, previous studies on the relationship between SNS use and social capital are inconsistent. Specific types of SNS use behaviors have positive effects on specific types of social capital. Self-disclosure behaviors on SNS are necessary to obtain social capital. In addition, relationship maintenance behaviors, resource mobilization attempts and privacy protecting behaviors are helpful strategies for users to get social capital. Last, the limitations of the concept of social capital and the problem of overlapping between online and offline social capital are discussed.
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