Bridging and bonding: The roles of brokerage and closure in mobilizing support provision in online support groups.

Social capital theory suggests that network structure influences human behavior. Based on this premise, this study investigates how two distinct network structures-brokerage and closure-affect support provision in Online Support Groups (OSGs). Twelve years of data were collected from an online cance...

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Main Authors: Sanguk Lee, Tai-Quan Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325108
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