Virtual communities and social capital
Virtual communities and social capital
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DOI：
10.1177/089443939801600306
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发表时间：
1998-09-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Horan, T
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作者：
Blanchard, A;Horan, T
普特南发展了一个社会资本理论来解释社区参与和公民参与的减少对机构绩效下降的影响。随后，人们纷纷猜测，新兴的虚拟社区是否能抵消这一趋势。作者将计算机媒介传播和虚拟社区的研究结果应用于社会资本的网络、规范和信任，并研究了虚拟社区对休闲时间私有化的可能影响。他们的结论是，当虚拟社区围绕物理社区发展时，以及当这些虚拟社区培育额外的利益社区时，社会资本和公民参与将增加。通过初步分析，作者确定了潜在的利益社区，包括教育，一般社区信息交流，他们最后讨论了当前的趋势和研究需求。
Putnam has developed a theory of social capital to explain the effect of decreasing community participation and civic engagement on declining institutional performance. Subsequently, there has been much speculation as to whether emerging virtual communities can counteract this trend. The authors apply the findings of computer-mediated communication and virtual communities to the networks, norms, and trust of social capital and also examine the possible effects of virtual communities on the privatization of leisure time. They conclude that social capital and civic engagement will increase when virtual communities develop around physically based communities and when these virtual communities foster additional communities of interest Through a preliminary analysis, the authors identify potential communities of interest including education, exchange of general community information, and opportunities for government and political participation They conclude.with a discussion of current trends and research needs.