The Internet is often portrayed as a democratising agent able to facilitate participatory
practices. Alternatively, the advent of the Internet is also seen as a contributor to a new class …

Researchers hypothesize that social capital in the United States is not just declining, but that
it is declining across generations or birth cohorts. Testing this proposition, we examine …

This study proposes a structural approach to examining online bridging and bonding social
capital in a large virtual world. It tests the effects of individual players' network brokerage and …

The asymmetry of activity in virtual communities is of great interest. While participation in the
activities of virtual communities is crucial for a community's survival and development, many …

This article studied women's online social capital in the low-income and traditionally
patriarchal society of Pakistan. The research focused on two objectives: to identify the needs …

Актуальность (контекст) тематики статьи. С развитием онлайн-технологий дружеские
отношения подростков переместились в социальные сети, которые способствуют …

While sociologists have studied social networks for about one hundred years, recent
developments in data, technology, and methods of analysis provide opportunities for social …

Purpose Although Facebook addiction has been found to be a key motive for using
Facebook, scant research has explored the association of Facebook addiction with social …

• Summary: Society has changed substantially and rapidly with the advent of globalization
where technology is both a catalyst for and a response to globalization. Concurrently and …

Social capital plays a significant role in understanding online community relationships in the
marketing field. However, the construct of social capital has not been studied in the context …