Facebook Sosyal Sermayeyi Nasıl Etkiler?

Son dönemde bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerinde ortaya çıkan gelişmelerin sonucu olan çevrimiçi sosyal paylaşım platformları, günümüzde sosyal ilişkilerin sürdürülmesinde önemli rol oynamaktadır. Çevrimiçi sitelerin gün geçtikçe popülerleşmesi, araştırmacıları bu platformların günlük yaşam çıktılarını incelemeye yönlendirmektedir. Mevcut makalenin temel amacı en popüler sosyal ağ sitelerinden biri olan Facebook’un sosyal sermaye üzerine etkilerini incelemektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, alanda yapılan görgül çalışma bulguları değerlendirilmiştir. İncelenen araştırmalar, Facebook kullanımı ve aracı sosyal sermaye arasında pozitif bir ilişki olduğunu göstermektedir. Öte yandan, alan yazında Facebook ve dayanışmacı sosyal sermaye arasındaki ilişkiye dair birbiri ile çelişen bulgular mevcuttur. Ayrıca, ele alınan çalışmaların ardından tüm Facebook eylemlerinin benzer düzeyde sosyallik içermediği ve Facebook’un sosyal sermaye üzerindeki etkisinin sitede kullanılan iletişim pratiklerine bağlı olduğu anlaşılmaktadır. Facebook gibi sosyal ağlarda belirli iletişim pratiklerini kullanan kişiler, bu platformlardan daha fazla sosyal sermaye kazanmaktadır. Sonuç olarak, mevcut makale boyunca Facebook’un sosyal sermaye üzerindeki rolü ve bu sitenin nasıl etkin bir şekilde kullanılabileceği hakkında hem kullanıcılara ve hem de araştırmacılara önemli bilgiler sunulmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Sosyal Ağ Siteleri, Facebook, Aracı Sosyal Sermaye, Dayanışmacı Sosyal Sermaye

How Does Facebook Affect Social Capital?

Online social sharing platforms, which are the result of recent developments in information and communication technologies, play an important role in maintaining social relationships today. The increase in the popularity of online sites lead researchers to study the daily life outputs of these sites. The main purpose of the current paper is to investigate impact of Facebook, which is the one of the most popular social network sites, on social capital. For this purpose, findings of the studies conducted in the field have been evaluated. The results of these studies indicate that there is positive relationship between Facebook use and bridging social capital. On the other hand, there exist conflicting findings in the literature about association between Facebook and bonding social capital. Also, after the studies it has been noticed that not all Facebook activities are equally social and impact of this site on social capital depends on communication practices used in there. Individuals who use certain communication practices in social network sites like Facebook gain more social capital from those platforms. To conclude, throughout the present article crucial information is provided to both users and researchers about the role of Facebook on social capital and how this platform can be used effectively.

Keywords:

Social Network Sites, Facebook, Bridging Social Capital, Bonding Social Capital,

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