scholarly journals Are All “Friends” Beneficial? The Use of Facebook and WeChat and the Social Capital of College Students in Macau

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402096361
Author(s):  
Xiaoqin Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Strong Negative Relationship

Facebook is the most popular social network site (SNS) globally, and WeChat is the top SNS in China, so few regions in the world exist where both SNSs are used simultaneously and are popular among the younger generation, and even fewer studies have been conducted on the comparison of the use of the two top SNSs. This study aims to fill this gap by examining the implications of using home country and global top SNSs for social capital among Chinese students from local (i.e., Macau SAR) and mainland China by adapting the analysis framework of the formation and maintenance of social capital—that is, to assess bridging, bonding social capital, and maintained social capital. A survey of undergraduate students at the only comprehensive public university of Macau ( N = 348) reveals that both Facebook and WeChat use are positively associated with bridging social capital and bonding social capital, yet only WeChat use has a significant and positive relationship with maintained social capital. In contrast, the time spent on Facebook has a strong negative relationship with bridging and bonding social capital. On-campus living also has a positive relationship with both bridging and bonding social capital. All this suggests that keeping social connections virtually and physically simultaneously might provide greater benefits for users.

scholarly journals Bridging and Bounding Social Capital: Social Interaction Analysis of Islets Islanders in Wakatobi Marine National Park

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
Taane La Ola ◽  
Nur Isiyana Wianti ◽  
Muslim Tadjuddah
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
National Park ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the differences in the strength of social capital that is bonding and bridging two community groups, namely land-dwellers and Sama Bajo boat-dwellers in three islands in Wakatobi Marine National Park. This study used a post-positivistic research paradigm, and the primary data were collected by using a questionnaire to 240 respondents who represented the group of land-dwellers and Sama Bajo boat-dwellers on the islands of Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, and Tomia. This research was also supported by qualitative data through in-depth interviews from several informants and desk studies. The results showed that bridging social capital relations tend to be weak in the two forms of interactions between the Sama Bajo and the land-dwellers on Wangi-wangi Island and Kaledupa Island, while bridging social capital tend to be secured in Tomia Island. We found that the social context through the historical links in the past and identity played a role in the relationship of bridging social capital and bonding social capital in the three communities as an analytical unit of this research.  

A change in the climate: Online social capital and the spiral of silence

First Monday ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Social Cooperation ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
The Spiral Of Silence ◽  
Speak Up

This study explores the connection between online social capital and the Spiral of Silence. Online social capital is an individual’s network of social connections, a network that enables and encourages social cooperation. The Spiral of Silence theory suggests that an opinion can become dominant if those who perceive their opinion to be in the minority do not speak up because society threatens them with isolation. A study of 550 individuals explored their willingness to speak up on an issue, and assessed whether they thought they held a majority of a minority opinion. This study compared both their bonding social capital (via homogeneous networks) and bridging social capital (via heterogeneous networks) to their willingness to speak up and their perceptions of whether others held their opinions. Regression analyses shows that bridging social capital is a key influencer in people’s willingness to speak up in social media and other online venues.

scholarly journals 'I Hear You': Effects of Voice Communication on the Social Capital of Gamers

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Cosmin Ghețău ◽  
Mihai Bogdan Iovu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Voice Communication ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Bonding And Bridging

In the present paper we approached bonding and bridging social capital among gamers (seen as individuals who spend at least an hour a day in games) who use (or don’t use) voice communication while playing. Suspecting that voice communication usage facilitates the social capital formation. We also investigated the role of perceived anonymity as a confounding variable. To test our hypothesis, a quantitative research was carried out. The study focuses on the subsequent elements: voice application usage; perceived anonymity; and the presence of the following forms of social capital: bonding social capital and bridging social capital. Data collection was based on surveys spread in the online environment and resulted in a sample of 102 respondents. Based on quasi-experimental design we obtained data that display higher mean scores on bonding and bridging social capital scales on the experiment group (voice communication users) than in control group (non-voice communication users). Also, control group have a lower score on the perceived anonymity scale. One explanation for our results could be that voice communication reduces perceived anonymity and individuals that consider themselves as having a low level of anonymity engage in more controlled behaviors that in turn facilitate the formation of social capital.

scholarly journals Understanding Sporting Social Media Brand Communities, Place and Social Capital: A Netnography of Football Fans

2021 ◽  
pp. 216747952098614
Author(s):  
Alex Fenton ◽  
Brendan James Keegan ◽  
Keith D. Parry
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Sports Fans ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Brand Communities ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
Digital Channels

The emergence of social media and digital channels have expanded communication practices and also created new, virtual spaces where sports fans can interact and communicate directly with each other and with clubs. This article examines the potential for social media brand communities to develop a sense of both community and place amongst sports fans. It explores their influence in placemaking initiatives through the bonding and bridging social capital of a football club’s supporters. A netnographic study of a football club’s supporter networks (five channels) and their interactions with social media brand communities was performed. Data gathered from online sources was underpinned by interviews with 25 members of the community. Findings were analysed via NVivo using bridging and bonding social capital as a theoretical lens. The paper makes two primary contributions to knowledge. It enhances our understanding of the impact of SMBCs and their use in a sporting context—an area that has become increasingly significant during the COVID-19 pandemic enforced lockdowns that have kept fans out of venues. It also contributes to our understanding of the influence of placemaking strategies upon the social capital of supporter communities.

scholarly journals ANALISIS DAMPAK KEPEMILIKAN MODAL SOSIAL TERHADAP KEBERLANGSUNGAN INDUSTRI KECIL DI RUMAH MAKAN NISWA

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Lukas Sangka Pamungkas ◽  
Lasmono Tri Sunaryanto
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Horizontal Line ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Linking Social Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Small Industry

The research purposes 1) Analyzing the social capital used by a business owner. That’s seen in social capital forms; bonding social capital, bridging social capital, and linking social capital. 2) Knowing the social capital ownership impact against the sustainability of small industry in niswa’s restaurant. The selection of research locations was conducted deliberately with consideration of the restaurant as a kind of a restaurant run by some family members in Salatiga and is a form of bonding social capital. It uses a qualitative method with descriptive design. A collected word or text information, then analyzed and interpreted to capture the deepest meanings. Studies have found that three important social capital forms like bonding, bridging, and linking together are linked and complementary ones Bonding social capital forms can be seen through the support of family members, even Key Informant could motivate his sons to join the business. The bridging social capital is the most dominating forms, as it placed the horizontal line. While linking social capital, indeed, doesn’t seem to have much influence in this research, because the owner has very little connection with vertical relationships, however, Key Informant still has ties to the banking system for acquiring capital.

Bypassing the Social Distance: International Catholic Community, Friendship, and Homemaking among Expatriates in Brno

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 80-105
Author(s):  
Milan Fujda ◽  
Michaela Ondrašinová ◽  
Miroslav Vrzal
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bonding And Bridging

Abstract We analyze the role of intimate social ties and community in the processes of homemaking and social integration of highly skilled migrants who are members of the local international Catholic community in Brno, Czech Republic. We use the concepts of bonding and bridging social capital developed by Michael W. Foley and Dean R. Hoge and follow their attention to the effects of the worship communities’ organizational culture on migrants’ integration. In the article, we show that the Catholic community mediates its members’ homemaking efficiently by providing them with rich bonding social capital, generated through close social ties in the community. However, it does not provide them with enough bridging social capital, and their social integration, thus, remains restricted to the company of international fellows. We compare it with the strategies of homemaking used by settling migrants who have integrated more successfully into the Czech social environment.

Psychosocial Pathways Towards a Sustainable Society

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Tripathi ◽  
Sunit Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Society ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Debt Bondage ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Major Predictor ◽  
Self Help Groups

This article focuses on a social intervention effort that has been going on for about 15 years to free a group of people who have been under debt bondage in rural India. They have worked as members of self-help groups (SHGs) and now are members of a producers’ company devoted to the cause of organic farming. The article investigates the role that is played by greed, altruism and social capital in sustainability perceptions of such villagers who only recently got exposed to the ways of an aspirational society. We found that greed and altruism played very little part in predicting sustainability perceptions, but social capital was a major predictor. While bonding social capital enhanced sustainability perception, bridging social capital reduced it. The results are understood in the overall social context of the Indian rural society and the social processes that unfolded during this intervention.

Socio-cultural Resource for Kazakhstan Modernization

2012 ◽  
pp. 74-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Stavinskaya ◽  
E. Nikishina
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Features

The opportunities of the competitive advantages use of the social and cultural capital for pro-modernization institutional reforms in Kazakhstan are considered in the article. Based on a number of sociological surveys national-specific features of the cultural capital are marked, which can encourage the country's social and economic development: bonding social capital, propensity for taking executive positions (not ordinary), mobility and adaptability (characteristic for nomad cultures), high value of education. The analysis shows the resources of the productive use of these socio-cultural features.

Organization-Based Self-Esteem Affects Employees' Exchange Relationship Perceptions and Extrarole Behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhan Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Exchange Relationship ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

The 2 types of exchange relationship perceptions—social exchange relationship perceptions (SERPs) and economic exchange relationship perceptions (EERPs)—constitute the primary concept for understanding individual behavior in the workplace. Using a sample of 581 employees from Mainland China, I explored the effects of SERPs and EERPs on employee extrarole behavior (ERB), as well as the moderating effect of organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) on the relationships between SERPs and ERB, and between EERPs and ERB. The results revealed a significant positive relationship between SERPs and ERB, a significant negative relationship between EERPs and ERB, and a significant moderating effect for OBSE. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Social capital and economic growth in the regions of Europe

2021 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2110000
Author(s):  
Jonathan Muringani ◽  
Rune D Fitjar ◽  
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Regional Economic Growth ◽  
Lower Growth ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital

Social capital is an important factor explaining differences in economic growth among regions. However, the key distinction between bonding social capital, which can lead to lock-in and myopia, and bridging social capital, which promotes knowledge flows across diverse groups, has been overlooked in growth research. In this paper, we address this shortcoming by examining how bonding and bridging social capital affect regional economic growth, using data for 190 regions in 21 EU countries, covering eight waves of the European Social Survey between 2002 and 2016. The findings confirm that bridging social capital is linked to higher levels of regional economic growth. Bonding social capital is highly correlated with bridging social capital and associated with lower growth when this is controlled for. We do not find significantly different effects of bonding social capital in regions with more or less bridging social capital, or vice versa. We examine the interaction between social and human capital, finding that bridging social capital is fundamental for stimulating economic growth, especially in low-skilled regions. Human capital also moderates the relationship between bonding social capital and growth, reducing the negative externalities imposed by excessive bonding.

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