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'Connecting' and 'disconnecting' with civic life: patterns of Internet use and the production of social capital
- Source :
- Political Communication. April-June, 2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p141, 22 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- This article examines the influence of Internet usage on social capital, civic engagement, interpersonal trust and overall life-contentment; while the use of Internet, television and newspaper among Generation X, Baby Boom and Civic Generation are compared. The authors find that people who use the Internet for information have a positive relation with production of social capital, while people who use the Internet for recreation-social purposes have a low level of civic engagement.
Details
- ISSN :
- 10584609
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Political Communication
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.77759756