Does the Internet Increase, Decrease, or Supplement Social Capital?
@article{Wellman2001DoesTI,
title={Does the Internet Increase, Decrease, or Supplement Social Capital?},
author={B. Wellman and A. Haase and J. Witte and Keith N. Hampton},
journal={American Behavioral Scientist},
year={2001},
volume={45},
pages={436 - 455}
}How does the Internet affect social capital? Do the communication possibilities of the Internet increase, decrease, or supplement interpersonal contact, participation, and community commitment? This evidence comes from a 1998 survey of 39,211 visitors to the National Geographic Society Web site, one of the first large-scale Web surveys. The authors find that people's interaction online supplements their face-to-face and telephone communication without increasing or decreasing it. However, heavy… Expand
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