According to IIE (2019) Social capital is “the collective value of all social networks (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other. The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value.
The use of digital technologies to enhance traditional public participation processes and to build a new form of a social capital and digital social capital is being embraced in a range of planning practices. Users who engage and collaborate within social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are in fact building social capital as social capital is all about specific benefits that are achieved from the use of social networks, such as trust, reciprocity, co-operation and information.
It importantly creates value for people who are connected to each other. One can increase their social and communication skills. Furthermore, one can grow their general digital literacy, whilst increasing their psychological wellbeing, as they feel connected and respected through engagement with others.
The online collaboration one gains is then obvious that the digital divide would impact people’s ability to leverage their social capital, impending their ability to access information, data and knowledge that may enhance their own feelings of self-worth coupled with their ability to further themselves socially, economically and professionally. There are many ways to enhance and build your social capital such as, join gout and meeting people, the more connections you have the better access to resources you have. You both can evaluate what you need from each other and how you can relate. Simply talking to a person about your life style, work or passions is very effective. Being active on social media plays an important role too. They’re many websites like LinkedIn, where you can connect with people and learn from them or organize to work together. Get involved in social media groups.
Social media groups can give one an access to people who think the similarly to them and is a place where one can share their vision and ideas. It’s essential to display as much information about yourself to other people, so they can really understand who you are and figure out how you could actually build a connection together, because as I said before when I was defining the term itself that social capital is a connection.
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