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Overview

Nicole B. Ellison is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad domain of social sciences, with a focus on sociology and political science, communication, education, social psychology, and applied psychology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Digital Media and Philosophy
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Nicole B. Ellison has published extensively in venues relevant to human-computer interaction, social media, and communication. Frequently appearing publication venues include:

  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • Social Media + Society
  • Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
  • New Media & Society

Selected recent papers by Nicole B. Ellison are:

  • "Why We Don't Click: Interrogating the Relationship Between Viewing and Clicking in Social Media Contexts by Exploring the 'Non-Click'" (2020), published in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
  • "Calling All Facebook Friends: Exploring Requests for Help on Facebook" (2021), published in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

The research collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Penny Triệu, Sarita Schoenebeck, Angela Y. Lee, Jeffrey T. Hancock, and Jessica Vitak, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Nicole B. Ellison's research explores the intersection of social media usage and political participation, digital privacy, and social capital, with a focus on complex user behaviors such as content engagement patterns and help-seeking on online platforms.

Best Publications

  • Social network sites: definition, history, and scholarship

    Danah M. Boyd;Nicole B. Ellison

  • The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites

    Nicole B. Ellison;Charles Steinfield;Cliff Lampe

  • Social capital, self-esteem, and use of online social network sites: A longitudinal analysis

    Charles Steinfield;Nicole B. Ellison;Cliff Lampe

  • Managing Impressions Online: Self-Presentation Processes in the Online Dating Environment

    Nicole B. Ellison;Rebecca Heino;Jennifer Gibbs

  • Connection Strategies: Social Capital Implications of Facebook-enabled Communication Practices

    Nicole B. Ellison;Charles Steinfield;Cliff Lampe

  • A face(book) in the crowd: social Searching vs. social browsing

    Cliff Lampe;Nicole Ellison;Charles Steinfield

  • Sociality Through Social Network Sites

    Nicole B. Ellison;Danah M. Boyd

  • Facebook as a toolkit: A uses and gratification approach to unbundling feature use

    Andrew D. Smock;Nicole B. Ellison;Cliff Lampe;Donghee Yvette Wohn

  • Cultivating Social Resources on Social Network Sites: Facebook Relationship Maintenance Behaviors and Their Role in Social Capital Processes

    Nicole B. Ellison;Jessica Vitak;Rebecca Gray;Cliff Lampe

  • Self-Presentation in Online Personals The Role of Anticipated Future Interaction, Self-Disclosure, and Perceived Success in Internet Dating

    Jennifer L. Gibbs;Nicole B. Ellison;Rebecca D. Heino

  • A familiar face(book): profile elements as signals in an online social network

    Cliff A.C. Lampe;Nicole Ellison;Charles Steinfield

  • It's Complicated: Facebook Users' Political Participation in the 2008 Election

    Jessica Vitak;Paul Zube;Andrew D. Smock;Caleb T. Carr

  • Separating Fact From Fiction: An Examination of Deceptive Self-Presentation in Online Dating Profiles

    Catalina L. Toma;Jeffrey T. Hancock;Nicole B. Ellison

  • Changes in use and perception of facebook

    Cliff Lampe;Nicole B. Ellison;Charles Steinfield

  • Sharing the small moments: Ephemeral social interaction on Snapchat.

    Joseph B. Bayer;Nicole B. Ellison;Sarita Y. Schoenebeck;Emily B. Falk

  • Serious social media: On the use of social media for improving students' adjustment to college

    David C. DeAndrea;Nicole B. Ellison;Robert LaRose;Charles Steinfield

  • The Use of Enterprise Social Network Sites for Knowledge Sharing in Distributed Organizations: The Role of Organizational Affordances

    Nicole B. Ellison;Jennifer L. Gibbs;Matthew S. Weber

  • First Comes Love, Then Comes Google: An Investigation of Uncertainty Reduction Strategies and Self-Disclosure in Online Dating

    Jennifer L. Gibbs;Nicole B. Ellison;Chih-Hui Lai

  • Student use of Facebook for organizing collaborative classroom activities

    Cliff Lampe;Donghee Yvette Wohn;Jessica Vitak;Nicole B. Ellison

  • Bowling online: social networking and social capital within the organization

    Charles Steinfield;Joan M. DiMicco;Nicole B. Ellison;Cliff Lampe

Frequent Co-Authors

Cliff Lampe
Cliff Lampe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jessica Vitak
Jessica Vitak University of Maryland, College Park
Charles Steinfield
Charles Steinfield Michigan State University
Jeffrey T. Hancock
Jeffrey T. Hancock Stanford University
Emily B. Falk
Emily B. Falk University of Pennsylvania
danah boyd
danah boyd Microsoft (United States)
Robert LaRose
Robert LaRose Michigan State University
Alice E. Marwick
Alice E. Marwick University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joseph B. Walther
Joseph B. Walther University of California, Santa Barbara
Christine Greenhow
Christine Greenhow Michigan State University

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