the internet and politics agenda for today reminder: prepare for lab class what is “social...
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The Internet and Politics
Agenda for Today• reminder: prepare for lab class
• What is “social capital”?
• Social capital and political participation
• CMC and social capital
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What is social capital? connections among individuals
networks of social connectedness
generalized reciprocity
trust
bridging vs bonding
schmoozers vs machers
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Effects of social capital economic performance
political participation
civic pride
crime
health
happiness
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Erosion of social capital T.V.
generational effects
time and money pressures, two-career families
suburbanization, commuting, sprawl
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Future of social capital “civic inventiveness”
interaction with neighbours
public space
cultural activity
government leadership
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Social capital and participation broader context
causal: relationship to other forms of
participation
effect: larger than democratic legitimacy
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CMC & social capital concerns about CMC’s social impact
hopes expressed for CMC
conditions that shape impact of CMC
different assessments of CMC’s impact
research issues
my own assessment of CMC & social capital
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CMC’s social impact CMC displacing real life
online interaction poorer than real life
lack of true plublic space
new dangers
CMC compounds existing problems
reinforces existing divisions
class, gender
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Hopes for CMC online community as remedy for erosion
of social capital
postmodern identity experimentation
online approximation of real life
interplay between on- and off-line
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Conditions shaping CMC social context of CMC
specific technologies used
users of CMC
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Assessments of CMC Net cynics: CMC erodes community
Net optimists: focus on hopes
Net equivocators: both good and bad
Net agnostics: future still unclear
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Research issues current Net demographics
looking where the light is
assessing postmodernism
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Conclusions information exchange as basis for engagement
embedding CMC I.R.L.
applying real life lessons
CMC vs TV
technological solutions
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Discussion