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What is Cognitive Social Capital

Chapter 41
Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems
Cognitive social capital refers to the development of cognitive elements that allow communication to occur between actors. This includes shared meaning, representations and interpretations.
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An Analysis of the Socio-Technical Gap in Social Networking Sites
Tanguy Coenen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), Wouter Van den Bosch (Katholieke Hogeschool Mechelen, Belgium), and Veerle Van der Sluys (Independent Scholar, Belgium)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-264-0.ch041
Abstract
This chapter views social networking sites as supporting social capital and the advantages which derive from it, namely emotional support, information exchange, and a capacity for concerted action. Social capital is subdivided in three types: relational, cognitive, and structural. The authors derive a number of social needs from these types of social capital and discuss how the social networking sites considered in this study support or fail to support these needs with technical features. The contributions of this chapter include the dimensionalisation of the socio-technical gap in social networking systems and a discussion of elements that reside in the gap.
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Communication Barriers and Social Capital: Improving Information and Knowledge Flows in Public Services
Resources related to shared systems of meaning: shared perceptions and representations, communication codes, shared norms and expectations.
Published in Chapter: Communication Barriers and Social Capital: Improving Information and Knowledge Flows in Public Services; From: Knowledge Management Practices in the Public Sector
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