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Saturday, November 09, 2002
Bowling Alone and Surfing Together - David G. Brown
Robert Putnam, author of the book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Simon & Schuster, 2000), believes that social capital and civic engagement increase when trustful relationships are built. The environment to build such relationships requires strong networks and reinforcing social norms. In their study of 374 Californians, Anita Blanchard and Tom Horan also found trustworthiness increased significantly when cyber communication is an addition to face-to-face relationships. Blanchard and Horan's results are less conclusive for cyber communities that are not also face-to-face (http://www.cgu.edu/inst/cguri/surfbowl.html).
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