Social capital and social support on the web
The Case of an Internet Mother Site
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2265723 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Drentea (0000-0002-7908-2373, University of Alabama at Birmingham, corresponding author), Jennifer L Moren‐cro, Jennifer L Moren‐Cross (Duke University) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 920-943 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00464.x |
| PMID | 16313523 |
| OpenAlex | W2064602288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 109 |
| References cited | 50 |
Do virtual communities in cyberspace foster social capital and social support? Using participant observation and discourse analysis, we examine a mothering board on a parent's website and investigate whether social capital was present, and if so, how it was developed and used. We find three main types of communication emerge from our analysis: emotional support, instrumental support - both formal and informal, and community building/protection, all of which contribute to the creation and maintenance of social capital. Additionally, using sampling with replacement, we created a final data set of 180 mothers and report descriptive statistics to identify characteristics of those on the board
Business · Cyberspace · Descriptive statistics · Political science · Public relations · Set (abstract data type) · Social capital · Social science · Social support · Sociology · Statistics · The Internet · Virtual community · World Wide Web · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 109 |
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| Citations per year | 5,45 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 93 |