  This study investigated perceptions and patterns of Facebook use among
Filipino and Japanese undergraduate students and the relationship of these
factors to creating and maintaining students social capital, international
posture, and willingness to communicate. The survey of undergraduate students
was conducted online and 483 valid responses were obtained. Data revealed the
characteristic uses of FB by Filipino and Japanese undergraduate students. An
interrelation model among six factors, International Posture, WTC, Perception,
Bridging, Bonding, and Utilization for Filipino students showed the importance
of utilization or FB usage for bridging social capital and bonding social
capital. For Japanese students, bonding social capital mediated between
utilization or FB usage and bridging. Bridging social capital was established
only through bonding social capital. Thus, unless Japanese students are close
enough to their FB friends, they do not construct new relationships on FB that
will influence Filipino students in the process of virtual internationalization
in the future.
