Meeting Up Together

Economic Embeddedness of Social Capital in America

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8019251
AutoresTyler Horan (0000-0001-8535-5510, New School, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume11
Fascículo4
Páginas158-158
Data de publicação2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci11040158
OpenAlexW4226135375
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas12

Where do people meet? And how does their region’s wealth effect where they meet? Investigating these patterns across the United States, we explore community organization and association venues based on data provided from Meetup.com. Examining how individuals associate for business, social, and cultural reasons, we discover that a region’s median income significantly affects the type of venue for the meeting. However, certain types of associations centered on a select group of topics mitigate that effect. We discover that in the United States, personal social capital that is built and maintained “in person” is deeply embedded in commercial activities. As a result, access to various types of community is often limited to economically advantaged geographies

Association (psychology · Capital (architecture · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Embeddedness · Geography · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics