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Ethnicity, Social Capital and the Internet
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Abstract This article explores websites developed to express the interests and experiences of young Chinese people in Britain. Drawing on content analysis of site discussions and dialogues with site users, we argue these new communicative practices are best unders... view more
This article explores websites developed to express the interests and experiences of young Chinese people in Britain. Drawing on content analysis of site discussions and dialogues with site users, we argue these new communicative practices are best understood through a reworking of the social capital problematic. First, by recognizing the irreducibility of Internet-mediated connections to the calculative instrumentalism underlying many applications of social capital theory. Second, by providing a more differentiated account of social capital. The interactions we explore comprise a specifically ‘second generation’ form of social capital, cutting across the binary of bonding and bridging social capital. Third, judgement on the social capital consequences of Internet interactions must await a longer-term assessment of whether British Chinese institutions emerge to engage with the wider polity.... view less
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
racialization; second generation; social inclusion; social network;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 178-202
Journal
Ethnicities, 6 (2006) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796806063751
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)