Internet access is a vital part of the modern world and an important tool in the education of our children. It is present in schools, homes and even shopping malls. Mastering the use of the internet is likely to be an important skill for those entering the job markets of the future. An internet user can be anyone he or she wants to be in an online chat room, or play thrilling and challenging games against other players from all corners of the globe. It seems at present time (or near future) for many people relationships in the real world may be neglected as those in the virtual world increase in importance. Internet is provided a fast mode of transportation caused freedom from family bonds and mixing with different cultures and new communities. This research is an attempt to study effect of Internet on Social capital. For this purpose a survey technique on the sample size amounted 168 students of Payame Noor University of Kermanshah city in country of Iran were considered. Degree of social capital is moderate. With the help of the Multi-variable Regression, variables of Iranian message attractive, Interest to internet with effect of positive and variable Creating a cordial atmosphere with negative effect be significant.
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Lawrence Erlbaum.
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on the Internet: Network capital, participatory capital and sense of
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New York: Simon & Schuster.
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Febrary, 24: pp. A1-2.
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[1] Wellman B., Hasse, A.Q., Witte, J. & Hampton, K. (2002). Capitalizing
on the Internet: Network capital, participatory capital and sense of
community. In B. - Wellman & C. Haythornthwaite (eds.), The Internet
in Everyday Life. Oxford: Blackwell.
[2] Bourdieu, P. (1985). The Forms of Capital. In J.G. Richardson (ed.),
Handbook for Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education (pp.
241-258). New York: Greenwood.
[3] Coleman, J. (1988). Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital.
American Journal of Sociology, Issue Supplement: S95-120.
[4] Coleman, J. (1990). Foundations of Social Theory. Cambridge, MA:
Belknap.
[5] Woolcook, M. (1998). Social Capital and Economic Development:
Towards a theoretical synthesis and policy framework. Theory and
Society, 27: 151-208.
[6] Lin, N. (2001). Social Capital. A theory of social structure and action.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[7] Wacquant, L.J.D. & Wilson, J. (1989). The Cost of Racial and Class
Exclusion in the Inner City. Annals of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science, 501: 8-25.
[8] Weiss, R. (1973). Loneliness: The experience of social and emotional
isolation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[9] Markey, P. M., Wells, S. M., & Markey, C. N. (2002). Social and
personality psychology in the culture of cyberspace. In S. P. Shohov
(Ed.). Advances in psychology research (Vol. 9). Hauppauge, NY: Nova
Science Publishers, Inc.
[10] Manasian, D. (2003). Digital dilemmas: a survey of the Internet society.
Economist.
[11] Paper presented at ISTR Fourth International Conference: "The Third
Sector: For What and for Whom?" Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, July
5-8. Retrieved Oct 1, 2004from
http://www.jhu.edu/~istr/conferences/dublin/workingpapers/siisiainen.p
df.
[12] Kraut, R., Mukhopadhyay, T., Szczypula, J., Keisler, S., & Scherlis, W.
(2000). Information and communication: alternate uses of the Internet in
households. Information Systems Research.
[13] McKenna, Y. A., & Bargh, J. A. (2000). Plan 9 from cyberspace: The
implications of the Internet for personality and social psychology.
Personality and Social Psychology Review.
[14] Sproull, L., & Kiesler, S. (1991). Connections: new ways of working in
the networked organization. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[15] Tamaschke, L. (2003). The Role of Social Capital in Regional
Innovation: Seeing both the wood and the trees. In Huysman, M.,
Wenger, E., & V. Vulf (eds.). Proceedings of International Conference
on Communities and Technologies (C&T2003) (pp. 241-264),
Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publishers.74 The WELL.
http://www.well.org/.
[16] Bourdieu, P. & Passeron, J.C. (1990). Reproduction in Education,
Society and Culture (2d. edition). London: Sage Publications.
[17] Putnam, R.D. (1995a). Bowling Alone: America's declining social
capital. Journal of Democracy, 6: 65-78. (Online:
httlp:muse.jhu.edu./demo/journal_of_democracy/v006/putnam.html).
[18] Putnam, R.D. (2000). Bowling Alone: The collapse and revival of
American community. New York: Simon Schuster.
[19] [19] Granovetter, M.S. (1982). The Strength of Weak Ties: A network
theory revisited. In P. Marsden & N. Lin (eds.), Social Structure and
Network Analysis (pp. 105-130). Berverly Hills, CA: Sage.
[20] Siisiäinen, M. (2000). Two Concepts of Social Capital: Bourdieu vs.
Putnam.
[21] Fukuyama, F. (1995). Trust: The social virtues and the creation of
prosperity. New York: The Free Press.
[22] Granovetter, M. (1973). The Strength of Weak Ties. American Journal
of Sociology, 78,1360-1380.
[23] Baym, N. (1995). The Emergence of Community in Computer Mediated
Communication. In S.G. Jones (ed.), Cybersociety. Computer-mediated
communication and community (pp. 138-163). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage.
[24] Wellman, B. (1997). An Electronic Group is Virtually a Social Network.
In S. Kiesler (ed.), The Culture of the Internet. Hillsdale, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum.
[25] Wellman B., Hasse, A.Q., Witte, J. & Hampton, K. (2002). Capitalizing
on the Internet: Network capital, participatory capital and sense of
community.
[26] Turkle, S. (1995). Life on the Screen: Identity in the age of the Internet.
New York: Simon & Schuster.
[27] Rheingold, H. (1993). The Virtual Community. Reading, Mass:
Addison-Wesley.
[28] Van Gelder, L. (1991). The Strange Case of the Electronic Lover. In C.
Dunlap & Kling (eds.), Computerization and Controversy: Value
conflicts and social choices (pp. 364-378). San Diego: Academic Press.
[29] De Leon, F. (1994). Senior Circuits. Seattle Times, E1, E4. October, 23.
[30] Brennan, P.F., Moore, S.M. & Smyth, K.A. (1992). Alzheimer's Disease
Caregivers' Use of a Computer Network. Western Journal of Nursing
Research, 14: 662-73.
[31] Bock, P. (1994). He's not Disabled in Cyberspace. Seattle Times,
Febrary, 24: pp. A1-2.
[32] Walther, J.B. (1992). Interpersonal Effects in Computer-Mediated
Interaction: A relational perspective. Communication Research, 19: 52-
90.
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