A concept to measure social capital in social network sites

This paper describes a concept to measure social capital. The concept needs dimensions and illustrative factors to explain the existence of social capital in social network sites. This paper describes the dimensions and factors to measure social capital. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate...

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Main Authors: Sander, Tom, Teh, Phoey Lee *
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IACSIT Press 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/246/2/Dr%20Teh%2006.pdf
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/246/
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Institution: Sunway University
Language: English
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Summary:This paper describes a concept to measure social capital. The concept needs dimensions and illustrative factors to explain the existence of social capital in social network sites. This paper describes the dimensions and factors to measure social capital. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate a way to describe social capital. The description of social capital supports the measurement and gives the scientific world the opportunity to identify and to attest social capital in social network sites. The value of the paper is the concept to measure social capital with a questionnaire and gives the opportunity to identify social capital in networks with many participants.