Communitarianism, Social Capital and Online Interaction
Session
Journalism, Media and Communication
Description
The scope of our paper is to highlights major concepts of Communitarianism, collective understanding of social capital and complex online interactions. We study the main contributors of communitarianism theory: Bourdieu, Putnam, Jenkins and Wellman and their statements about this theory. Also, we link communitarianism ideas with online life and thought that social capitals, e.g. individuals online have created specific and effective ways for concealing information and for excluding others from specific groups. The opposite of collective intelligence thus has been created; as individuals online interact, they do not freely share their information with any sort of social network, but, instead, knowledge is concealed from those who do not have distinguishing capabilities necessary to perceive specific knowledge. People interact online merely in order to interact with one another as they exist in social space. Individuals who invest themselves online have created certain parameters, pattern and structures that include some people and exclude others from understanding and participating in what called a specific culture. This culture is that of the digital inhabitants. In addition, people voluntary developed these structures, rules, social space and judgments about this interaction. People online inculcate a specific habitus, because the internet represents new field of virtual social relationships. Social capital exhibits itself in new ways online. As social capital is the aggregate of resources that are connected to membership in a specific group, this resource can proliferate on the internet and through the ties and memberships that people have there. We try to explain the interactions and phenomena that we find in online communication and development of digital social capital as other form of capital.
Keywords:
communitarianism, online interaction, social capital
Session Chair
Arbër Çeliku
Session Co-Chair
Adnan Merovci
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-69-1
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
27-10-2018 3:15 PM
End Date
27-10-2018 4:45 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2018.235
Recommended Citation
Nikaj, Irena and Pajoj, Albina, "Communitarianism, Social Capital and Online Interaction" (2018). UBT International Conference. 235.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2018/all-events/235
Communitarianism, Social Capital and Online Interaction
Pristina, Kosovo
The scope of our paper is to highlights major concepts of Communitarianism, collective understanding of social capital and complex online interactions. We study the main contributors of communitarianism theory: Bourdieu, Putnam, Jenkins and Wellman and their statements about this theory. Also, we link communitarianism ideas with online life and thought that social capitals, e.g. individuals online have created specific and effective ways for concealing information and for excluding others from specific groups. The opposite of collective intelligence thus has been created; as individuals online interact, they do not freely share their information with any sort of social network, but, instead, knowledge is concealed from those who do not have distinguishing capabilities necessary to perceive specific knowledge. People interact online merely in order to interact with one another as they exist in social space. Individuals who invest themselves online have created certain parameters, pattern and structures that include some people and exclude others from understanding and participating in what called a specific culture. This culture is that of the digital inhabitants. In addition, people voluntary developed these structures, rules, social space and judgments about this interaction. People online inculcate a specific habitus, because the internet represents new field of virtual social relationships. Social capital exhibits itself in new ways online. As social capital is the aggregate of resources that are connected to membership in a specific group, this resource can proliferate on the internet and through the ties and memberships that people have there. We try to explain the interactions and phenomena that we find in online communication and development of digital social capital as other form of capital.