The Impact of Community Computer Networks on Social Capital and Community Involvement

By Andrea L. Kavanaugh, Scott J. Patterson. 2001

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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E-participation and Governance: Widening the net (2005, background): “The provision of local services can become a mechanism for community involvement, and egovernment can become a means of encouraging e-participation.”
Multiple determinants of life quality: the roles of Internet activities, use of new media, social support, and leisure activities (2005, background): “Furthermore, building from Putnam’s (1995) conceptual links between quality of life, community involvement, and social capitals, further research has demonstrated that frequent and increasing use of the community computer network and the Internet significantly influence social capital formation (Kav”
The internet and social life. (2004, background): “Finally, Kavanaugh & Patterson (2001) concluded from the Blacksburg (Virginia) Electronic Village study that “the longer people are on the Internet, the more likely they are to use the Internet to engage in socialcapital-building activities” (p. 507).”
Family Relations and the Internet: Exploring a Family Boundaries Approach (2006, background): “…the relation of new information and communication technologies with the extent of community involvement and participation (Hampton &Wellman, 2002; Kavanaugh & Patterson, 2002; Mesch & Levanon, 2003); interpersonal relations, sociability, and social capital (Katz & Rice, 2002; Nie, Hillygus, &…”
Spatially Bounded Online Social Networks and Social Capital: The Role of Facebook (2006, background): “…such as the Netville community in Toronto or the Blacksburg Electronic Village, have concluded that computer-mediated interactions have had positive effects on community interaction, involvement and social capital (Hampton & Wellman, 2003; Kavanaugh & Patterson, 2001; Kavanaugh et al., 2005).”
From Unequal Access to Differentiated Use: A Literature Review and Agenda for Research on Digital Inequality (2004, background): “Third, Internet use simultaneously increases local and long-distance communication, serving as a complementary channel (rather than a substitute) to face-to-face interaction (Hampton and Wellman 2000; Katz et al. 2001; Kavanaugh and Patterson 2001).”