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by Sam Ladner on August 19, 2009 · 0 comments
in bourdieu, ethnography, qualitative research, social capital, social networks, sociology
New research finds that there are seven key factors that promote social capital. In his book, Unanticipated Gains, Mario Luis Small did an ethnography of New York daycare centres. What he finds may surprise you: daycare centres are great “brokers” for social capital. I describe his findings on the Social Capital Value Add blog:
Small argues [...]
Tagged as: book review, ethnography, innovation, linkedin, organizations, social capital, social network analysis, social networks
Categories: bourdieu · ethnography · qualitative research · social capital · social networks · sociology
by Sam Ladner on June 30, 2009 · 0 comments
in anthropology, ethnography, facebook, qualitative research, quantitative research, social media, social networks, sociology
Data-driven social experience is an entirely new manner of social interaction, one that obscures our emotional connections to people. Data makes social relationships visible, knowable, and countable in unprecedented ways. But it does not — and cannot — convey the emotional experience of social interaction. I’ve already discussed how digital technologies transform text and time. [...]
Tagged as: analogue, data, data visualization, digital, facebook, linkedin, social network analysis, social networks, sociology
Categories: anthropology · ethnography · facebook · qualitative research · quantitative research · social media · social networks · sociology