scholarly journals Informal learning through Facebook among Slovenian pupils

Comunicar ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (41) ◽  
pp. 117-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karmen Erjavec
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Bonding Capital ◽  
Primary School Pupils ◽  
Aprendizaje Informal

Since existing research has failed to consider how primary school pupils use Facebook for informal learning and to enhancing social capital, we attempted to fill this research gap by conducting 60 indepth interviews and thinkaloud sessions with Slovenian primary school pupils. Furthermore, we used content analysis to evaluate their Facebook profiles. The results of the study show that Slovenian pupils regularly use Facebook for informal learning. Pupils are aware that they use Facebook for learning and they use it primarily as social support, which is seen as exchanging practical information, learning about technology, evaluation of their own and other people’s work, emotional support, organising group work and communicating with teachers. In using Facebook, pupils acquire bridging and bonding social capital; they maintain an extensive network of weak ties that are a source of bridging capital, and deeper relationships that provide them with emotional support and a source of bonding capital. Key differences between the participants were found in the expression of emotional support. Female participants are more likely to use Facebook for this purpose, and more explicitly express their emotions. This study also showed that our participants saw a connection between the use of Facebook and the knowledge and skills they believed their teachers valued in school. Teniendo en cuenta que la investigación ha descuidado el estudio de cómo los alumnos de primaria hacen uso de Facebook para el aprendizaje informal y cómo potencia el capital social, el presente trabajo intenta llenar dicho vacío con sesenta entrevistas en profundidad y el protocolo de pensamientos en voz alta con alumnos de escuelas primarias eslovenas. Para analizar el perfil de Facebook también incluimos un análisis de contenido. Los resultados del estudio demuestran que los alumnos eslovenos con frecuencia utilizan Facebook para el aprendizaje informal. El estudio no solo muestra que los estudiantes son conscientes del uso de Facebook para el aprendizaje y lo utilizan en primer lugar como apoyo social, sino también ofrece muestras de intercambio práctico de información, aprendizaje de tecnología, (auto)evaluación, apoyo emocional, organización de grupo de trabajo y comunicación con los profesores. Con el uso de Facebook, los estudiantes adquieren competencias relacionales y vinculación de capital social, pues mantienen una amplia red de lazos débiles, capaz de generar relaciones más profundas con apoyo emocional y fuentes de unión. Las principales diferencias entre los participantes se refieren a la expresión del apoyo emocional. Las participantes femeninas prefieren Facebook para dichos fines y expresan con más habilidad sus emociones. El estudio muestra además que nuestros participantes perciben una conexión entre el uso de Facebook y el conocimiento y destrezas que ellos pensaban que sus profesores valoraban en la escuela.

‘Neighbourhood is if they come out and talk to you’: Neighbourly connections and bonding social capital

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Redshaw ◽  
Valerie Ingham
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Chronic Condition ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Regional Area ◽  
Direct Contrast ◽  
Socially Isolated ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Bonding Capital

Neighbourly relations have been theorised as ‘friendly distance’ in contrast to connections which are theorised as strong or intensive ties. The article explores the neighbourly relationships between residents of a peri-urban regional area outside Sydney in Australia. Strong interview themes emerged regarding the ways in which residents who were well connected within their locality talked about their neighbours, and this was in direct contrast to those living with a chronic condition – these people expressed a lack of connection with their neighbours. The major theme, ‘not in each other’s pockets’ reflects the negotiated nature of neighbour interactions, while the theme ‘neighbourhood is if they come out and talk to you’ speaks of isolation. The interactions of neighbours may in many cases constitute bonding capital as important weak or casual ties. These may not be available to the chronically ill or socially isolated or adequate without linking and bridging capital.

“My Family Are Supportive . . . But People in My Village Mock Me”: Bonding and Bridging Capital among Women Pursuing Secondary Education in Kathmandu, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 711-727
Author(s):  
Srijana Karki ◽  
Tamara L. Mix
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
School Bonding ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Bonding And Bridging ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Bonding Capital

Women’s secondary schools have become an option for educational attainment in Nepal. We assess bonding and bridging social capital available to women who attend the Utprerana Women Secondary School (UWSS) in Nepal’s major city of Kathmandu. Using qualitative approaches, we consider the social capital available to women that both encourages and limits women’s educational access and address the networks women build when attending school. Bonding capital both encourages women to pursue their education and demands that women conform to traditional roles. School attendance prompts a change in bonding social capital, accumulated with family prior to school attendance. Women add to their bonding social capital by strengthening relationships with classmates and teachers. Women’s school attendance improved bridging social capital by enhancing future opportunities. Bonding social capital formed within the school provides emotional support, personal space from domestic responsibilities, and a sense of freedom, while demanding women’s conformity to expectations for student conduct.

scholarly journals Understanding the Potential Influence of WeChat Engagement on Bonding Capital, Bridging Capital and Electronic Word-of-Mouth Intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8489
Author(s):  
Hua Pang ◽  
Jingying Wang ◽  
Xiang Hu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Electronic Word Of Mouth ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Capital

As the most prevalent social media platform in mainland China, WeChat enables interpersonal communication among users and serves as an innovative marketing platform for enterprises to interact with consumers. Although numerous studies have investigated the antecedents of electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM), WeChat users’ specific behaviors still receive limited academic attention. Drawing from social capital theory and social exchange theory, this article develops a model to systematically explore three differentiated types of WeChat behaviors and their association with users’ social capital and e-WOM intention. The conceptual model is explicitly evaluated by utilizing web-based data gathered from 271 young people. Obtained results demonstrate the path effects indicating that: (1) WeChat use behaviors such as seeking, sharing, and liking can positively influence bonding social capital, while only the impacts of sharing and liking on bridging social capital are significant; (2) bonding and bridging social capital are both significant predictors of e-WOM intention, and bonding social capital is the more influential of the two; (3) bonding social capital partially mediates the effect of seeking on e-WOM intention. These findings are eloquent for researchers and operators to further grasp the increasing importance of WeChat adoption and social capital on young generations’ e-WOM intention in the evolving digital age.

Post-Disaster Recovery and Social Capital

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Vallance ◽  
Ashley Rudkevitch
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Considerable Debate ◽  
Trust And Reciprocity ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Bonding Capital ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Post Disaster

Disaster scholarship has resurrected interest in social capital, and it has become well established that strong social ties—bonding capital—can also help individuals and communities to survive in times of crisis, as well as provide substantial and wide-ranging benefits on the long road to recovery. The theoretical tripartite of bonding capital generated in “close ties,” bridging capital developed through “associations,” and linking capital from possibly cool but nonetheless “civil” encounters is also reasonably well established. So too are the currencies of trust and reciprocity. Social capital is noted to be a potent resource capable of facilitating many benefits in terms of health and well-being, and it is considered fundamental to post-disaster attempts to Build Back Better in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Indeed, the idea of social capital has become almost synonymous with resilience. Nonetheless, it is also acknowledged that there may be disadvantages associated with social capital, such as tribalism, neoptism, and marginalization. Scholarship therefore paints a rather complex picture, and there is still considerable debate about what social capital is: what it does, where it comes from and where it goes, and for what purpose. Without denying the value of a celebratory approach that focuses on the benefits, it is concluded that there is a need for more attention to be given to the broader ideological contexts that may shape the generative and distributional effects of social capital, particularly as these underscore health and well-being outcomes post-disaster.

scholarly journals Modal Sosial dan Strategi Keberlangsungan Hidup Masyarakat Dayak Ngaju (Studi Kasus Pada Masyarakat Dayak Ngaju Desa Manusup di Kabupaten Kapuas Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Bahrianoor Bahrianoor
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Bonding Capital ◽  
Internal Relationships

This research discusses the role of social capital in fulfilling livelihood resources in Dayak ngaju indigenous communities in Central Kalimantan's Manusup Village. This research is qualitative research with a descriptive design. The results of this study show that social capital has an important role and serves in expanding cooperation relationships, both relationships in social needs and relationships in the needs of livelihood sources.relationships in social needs serve to give birth to social solidarity formed through social institutions and religions. While the relationship in the needs of livelihood sources serves to support economic resilience by opening up interactions in strengthening mutually beneficial networks, both bonding, bridging, and linking capital. Bonding capital plays a role in forming togetherness and emotional connection and can strengthen internal relationships. Bridging capital can pave the way and stimulate community development. Meanwhile, linking capital brings great benefits to the progress of Manusup village, namely the advancement and development of potential expertise in obtaining livelihood sources.

scholarly journals Social Capital in Rural Areas in Poland the Case of the Świętokrzyskie Province

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-253
Author(s):  
Wioletta Kamińska
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Demographic Structure ◽  
Industrial Plants ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Synthetic Indicator ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Bonding Capital

Abstract The study tackles the issue of the spatial distribution of social capital in Polish rural areas, using the example of the Świętokrzyskie province. R. Putnam’s theory was adopted as to social capital referring to social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them. A synthetic indicator of the quality of social capital was developed, which included 4 components: civic and religious engagement, reciprocity, honesty, trust and local press readership. The research was conducted mainly on the basis of unpublished data. Gminas (municipalities) with a high, an average and a low level of social capital were identified. The highest level of social capital was recorded in highly urbanised gminas with a favourable demographic structure. An average level of social capital was characteristic of typical agricultural gminas. A low level of social capital was recorded in areas with well developed industrial functions. The farmers employed at industrial plants in addition to working on their own farms, which was a prevailing practice in the time of the centrally planned economy, had a largely adverse impact on the weakening of bridging capital, and in recent years the population has not been capable to develop bonding capital as yet.

Patterns of support and conflict relationships in personal networks and perceived stress

2020 ◽  
pp. 001139212094892
Author(s):  
Gaëlle Aeby ◽  
Jacques-Antoine Gauthier ◽  
Eric D Widmer
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Relational Patterns ◽  
Bridging Social Capital

This article investigates the association between personal networks and stress, both positively through support and negatively through conflict. In a representative sample of 755 individuals residing in Switzerland, each individual was asked to name people in their lives who they perceived as very important, as well as to report their mutual support and conflict interactions. First, the article develops and investigates a typology with five relational patterns based on indicators of emotional support and conflict relationships in personal networks. These patterns are the following: bonding social capital, bridging social capital, ego-centered conflict, overload, and ambivalent. Second, it explores the association of these patterns with stress levels that are perceived in various life domains. Results show that individuals involved in relationships that were predominantly supportive had lower levels of stress, whereas individuals experiencing relationships characterized by conflict, or an imbalance in support by giving more than receiving, had higher levels of stress. Finally, ambivalent relationships in which support and conflict were equally present were associated with an intermediate level of stress. These results show the importance of considering support and conflict relationships together in personal network structures.

scholarly journals Os jovens desafiam a comunidade: entre a esperança e a estigmatizaçãoI

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (spe) ◽  
pp. 1229-1255
Author(s):  
S. Nombuso Dlamini
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Bonding Social Capital

Resumo Este artigo apresenta conclusões resultantes de dois projetos de pesquisa: Assets Coming Together for Youth (ACT for Youth) [Reunindo os valores e recursos dos jovens]; e Engaging Girls, Changing Communities (EGCC) [Envolvendo as jovens, e transformando as comunidades]. O ACT for Youth consiste num projeto universitário de pesquisa colaborativa cuja finalidade é compreender as perspectivas dos jovens em relação ao bem-estar, e estimular o desenvolvimento positivo da juventude na comunidade de Jane-Finch, uma região historicamente estigmatizada, situada no noroeste de Toronto, no Canadá. O projeto EGCC examinou o modo pelo qual as jovens se envolvem em atividades cívicas e de liderança, em novos meios urbanos; além disso, tentou identificar, em particular, aspectos que estimulam a participação comunitária das jovens, bem como os obstáculos com os quais elas se deparam em tal participação. Ademais, estes projetos são a demonstração de que métodos inovadores de participação dos jovens nos permitem uma melhor compreensão sobre a vida deles, a partir do conhecimento de suas perspectivas e habilidades. Este artigo baseia-se em dados coletados pelos jovens, e examina de que modo as narrativas sobre violência e bem-estar criam, problematizam e desestruturam conceitos como a criminalidade e a desesperança juvenis. Os dados também ilustram a maneira como os jovens são capazes de envolver-se com iniciativas voltadas a questões da comunidade. Além disso, o artigo oferece reflexões metodológicas sobre a importância de envolver os jovens em pesquisas, além de ideias sobre como estas iniciativas podem promover ou impedir a produção de um capital social na forma de vínculos [bonding social capital].

A Meta-Analysis of Social Networking Online and Social Capital

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Liu ◽  
Sarah E. Ainsworth ◽  
Roy F. Baumeister
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Hand Search ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
The Relationship

Social networking sites offer new avenues for interpersonal communication that may enable people to build social capital. The meta-analyses reported in this paper evaluated the relationship between social network site (SNS) use and 2 types of social capital: bridging social capital and bonding social capital. The meta-analyses included data from 58 articles gathered through scholarly databases and a hand search of the early publications of relevant journals. Using a random effects model, the overall effect size of the relationship between SNS use and bridging social capital based on k = 50 studies and N = 22,290 participants was r = .32 (95% CI [.27, .37]), and the overall effect size between SNS use and bonding social capital based on k = 43 studies and N = 19,439 participants was r = .26 (95% CI [.22, .31]). The relationships between SNS use and both types of social capital were stronger in men than in women, and the relationship between SNS use and bridging capital was stronger in Western, individualistic countries than Eastern, collectivistic countries. Additional analyses of specific SNS activities indicated that SNS use promotes social capital by facilitating contact and interaction among people who already know each other offline rather than contact with people who were met online. The implication is that SNSs offer a platform to strengthen existing relationships.

Fostering social capital: the case of community-owned pubs

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo Sforzi ◽  
Michele Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
Urban Neighbourhoods ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Bonding Capital

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between community-owned enterprises and social capital in urban neighbourhoods. Focussing on community-owned pubs (COPs), the paper investigates how social capital elements have a role in generating these innovative organizations, which foster benefits for community members. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative research based on data gathered through 23 semi-structured interviews, in an in-depth case study analysis of three COPs located in Carshalton, Nunhead and Tottenham (all suburbs of London). Findings The paper shows how COPs foster the creation and accumulation of social capital both among their members (bonding capital) and the people living in the neighbourhood (bridging capital). Because of their missions and governance models, COPs create linkages among different people and enable citizens to act together for the common good, thus strengthening the development of a local community and contributing to enhancing the urban regeneration process. Originality/value COPs are a recent trend, and there is a lack of scientific literature on this topic. The paper can help social scientists to understand new features of community development processes and the effects of the Localism Act (2011). Furthermore, the research can support organizations involved in assisting local communities, which aim to start up collective-owned pubs. It provides valuable scientific results, in relation to social aggregation and a positive impact on local contexts.

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