Social influence process in the acceptance of a virtual community service
Information Systems Frontiers
Potential and promise of online volunteering
Computers in Human Behavior
Who blogs? Personality predictors of blogging
Computers in Human Behavior
Time on the Internet at home, loneliness, and life satisfaction: Evidence from panel time-diary data
Computers in Human Behavior
Behaviour & Information Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Even in virtual environments women shop and men build: A social role perspective on Second Life
Computers in Human Behavior
Exploring the antecedents of trust in virtual communities
Behaviour & Information Technology
The links that bind: Uncovering novel motivations for linking on Facebook
Computers in Human Behavior
Facebook as a toolkit: A uses and gratification approach to unbundling feature use
Computers in Human Behavior
Make new friends or keep the old: Gender and personality differences in social networking use
Computers in Human Behavior
A tale of two sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the personality predictors of social media usage
Computers in Human Behavior
Forming relationship commitments to online communities: The role of social motivations
Computers in Human Behavior
News sharing in social media: The effect of gratifications and prior experience
Computers in Human Behavior
Information, Community, and Action: How Nonprofit Organizations Use Social Media
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
It is not for fun: An examination of social network site usage
Information and Management
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In the present study we examine the effect of online social networks on voluntary engagement, giving behavior and online money contributions. The study is a secondary analysis based on the PEW data set (2008). We draw upon a combination between pro-social theories of voluntary engagement and communication theories of the Internet and show that (a) participation in social media and networking-blogging, Face book and journaling-significantly increase both online, and offline money contributions; (b) social causes moderate the link between socio-demographic characteristics and money contributions. We conclude that social media and networking are an effective means to increase ''ethical consumption'' both online and offline enhancing voluntary engagement and money contributions. These results assess the social diversification hypothesis suggesting that online behavior complements, and in some cases reinforces offline behavior. Differences in the type of affiliated social cause moderate the effects of social media on online pro-social behavior and giving behavior.