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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the 2010 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
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Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
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Among those who have recently lost a job, social networks in general and online ones in particular may be useful to cope with stress and find new employment. This study focuses on the psychological and practical consequences of Facebook use following job loss. By pairing longitudinal surveys of Facebook users with logs of their online behavior, we examine how communication with different kinds of ties predicts improvements in stress, social support, bridging social capital, and whether they find new jobs. Losing a job is associated with increases in stress, while talking with strong ties is generally associated with improvements in stress and social support. Weak ties do not provide these benefits. Bridging social capital comes from both strong and weak ties. Surprisingly, individuals who have lost a job feel greater stress after talking with strong ties. Contrary to the "strength of weak ties" hypothesis, communication with strong ties is more predictive of finding employment within three months.