MAC 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Capital
26 Jun 2018
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Week 1-2 Baym Chapter 4: Personal Connections in the Digital Age Class 2/1/18
Baym 5 aspects of community:
1. Space
a. Offline: geographic
b. Online: conceptual, a feeling shared
2. Practice
a. Habits, routines, or traditions enacted by members of a group
b. Hierarchies
c. Shared practices constitute norms
3. Shared Resources and Support
a. People feel they can go to others for support
b. Social capital
■ Bridging capital: connecting on a less deep level (weak ties)
■ Bonding capital: connections that create close relationships (strong ties)
■ (He used example of asking a friend if you can crash on their couch to tell
if they have weak or strong tie)
c. Types of support
■ Network support
■ Emotional support
■ Esteem support
■ Informational support
■ Tangible aid
4. Shared Identities
a. Individual identities
b. Group identities
5. Interpersonal Relationships
a. One-on-one
b. Enables relationships in individuals who normally wouldn’t interact
c. Authenticity
- Social Networking
- Communities or networked individualism?
- Why might social networks not be communities?
- How strong are our ties with social media?
- Is Facebook a community?
- What is a digital community?
- Collection of individuals with an ongoing shared stake or interest
- Don’t assume your community is the community
- Community norms
- Expectations for behaving in social settings
- Learn by observing through experience
- Breaking norms
- What behavior violates norms
Document Summary
Week 1-2 baym chapter 4: personal connections in the digital age class 2/1/18. Bridging capital: connecting on a less deep level (weak ties) Bonding capital: connections that create close relationships (strong ties) (he used example of asking a friend if you can crash on their couch to tell if they have weak or strong tie: types of support. Interpersonal relationships: one-on-one, enables relationships in individuals who normally wouldn"t interact, authenticity. Collection of individuals with an ongoing shared stake or interest. Don"t assume your community is the community.
