Social Capital...

Social Capital can relate to a lot of different things but when you relate it to the new media it means how you can connect with so many other people and use new media as a resource to reach out to these people. This according to my research enables you to reach out a lot more than if you didn't use the web at all. Through emails and even website now such as this one, even some MMOG's on the internet help you reach out to other people that maybe you haven't even met. Now the web even has job applications. Through Monster. com you can post your resime on their for a job that you want and possibly get one. From the reading "evaluating the social and cultural implications of the internet", I've found that the internet can offer a lot more than people usually think about. From the article I've found that it can let you govern yourself, think outloudly for yourself, educate others about things as well as educate ourselves. There is so much more but reaching out there to the unknown or at least the unknown society of web users we can gain so much more. 

The social capital in my life alone I've gained a lot from. Facebook to me is the biggest social capitalistic source there is on the internet. I've gained a lot of friends and more importantly kept in touch with a lot more of them more frequently. I think that Facebook is genious even though some people use it way too much. On facebook I've got a lot of friends and I keep in touch with a lot of them and they can see what I'm up too. If it wasn't for facebook I don't think I would keep in touch with them as much. This last summer I actually contacted one of my alumni from facebook and I was looking for a job and he offered it to me and now thats where I'm at, happy and honest work. 

Social capital has a lot to do with interpersonal relationships. If it wasn't for social capital and being in touch with as many people I don't think social capital would even exist. We gain a lot from the resources that we find through others, such as advice, new reads, and other important news. I found out that my brother was engaged before he even called me from Facebook. Social Capital has gained me a lot of opportunities and I think that it helps with networking people even in the job area. At my work we communicate through a program that allows us to email our corporate office back and forth if we have questions or whatever we need. I think for interpersonal relationships this helps out a lot and it directly keeps us in touch with one another all the time. Social Capital enables connectivity and communication between people, without this then I think that interpersonal relationships would suffer and that many people would lose gaining resources that they could have through this.