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The internet helps us translate 'social capital' to economic benefits

  • Written by Mohammad Salahuddin, Research Assistant, School of Commerce, University of Southern Queensland
imageNetworking online might not be so good for your "social capital" overall.Kyle Steed/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Keeping up with our social networks online helps us get what we want in the short term, but could be worse for our accumulation of “social capital” in the longer term, our research shows. One explanation for this is that the benefits...

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