On and Off the 'Net: Scales for Social Capital in an Online Era

Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 593 - 628
Published: Jan 1, 2006
Abstract
Scholars investigating the relationship between the Internet and social capital have been stymied by a series of obstacles, some due to theoretical frameworks handed down unchanged from television research, and some due to the lack of an appropriate yardstick. For example, the social interactions that occur through television are prima facie different from those that occur online. Given this basic functional difference, we cannot approach social...
Paper Details
Title
On and Off the 'Net: Scales for Social Capital in an Online Era
Published Date
Jan 1, 2006
Volume
11
Issue
2
Pages
593 - 628
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