Social capital is embedded in social networks. For the purpose of these notes, I use the terms social capital and social networks interchangeably. At the most basic level it is useful to think of social capital in a supply-demand framework. Individual agents have some demand for social capital. More precisely, agents have demand for the services provided by social capital such as having access ...

Virtuallyseductivequalitiesofidentitysharing,contentgratification,andamplesocialatmosphere havemadeFacebookthemostpopularsocialnetwork,boasting890milliondailyusers(“Facebook ReportsFourthQuarter,”2015;Joinson,2008;Orchardetal.,2014,Reineckeetal.,2014).Online socialnetworkstudieslargelyoverlooktheindividual,limitingtheunderstandingofwhatexactl...

Online communities are connecting hordes of individuals and generating rich social network data. The social capital that resides within these networks is largely unknown. We propose to create a general framework for measuring and leveraging social capital based upon explicit social networks, implicit affinities, and the mobilization of social resources. The resulting quantitative models are use...

the purpose of this paper was to measure the social capital of the medical students of mashhad medical sciences university in the place they lived (their neighborhood), and the factors affecting it. the statistical universe was the university with a total of 5383 students. the sample was 244. the sampling was done using the systematic classification method, the classes being the faculty and sex...

Having a healthy lifestyle is a prerequisite for achieving sustainable development. Moreover, social capital is one of the important variables affecting the health of individuals in society. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social capital and health-related quality of life among rural people in Dena region located in southwest of Iran. 300 households w...

The characterization and assessment of the social capital of a member in collaborative networks is an important element to help promoting the success of collaborative networks. However, models to measure the social capital are lacking. Applying some concepts from social networks theory, this paper discusses some perspectives and criteria to identify and measure the value of social capital of a ...

Research in computer-mediated communication has consistently asserted that Facebook use is positively correlated with social capital. This research has drawn primarily on Williams’ (2006) bridging and bonding scales as well as behavioral attributes such as civic engagement. Yet, as social capital is inherently a structural construct, it is surprising that so little work has been done relating s...