인터넷 활용과 사회자본 -사이버 공동체의 사회자본 형성 가능성을 중심으로- = Use of Internet and Social Capital: The Possibility of Formulating the Social Capital in Virtual Community

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Most issues of social capital have been discussed in the traditional off-line environment. With the rapid development and diffusion of information and communication technology, the use of internet is widely disseminated in the community and as a result, people have the chance to communicate together, develop their relationship, and constitute the newly internet-based community which have never been experienced before. In this regard, it if interesting topics to discuss how they communicate among themselves through the internet and they are involved in the online environment. This study is to raise and explore the relationship between the information and communication technology and the social capital. The results based on survey data show that internet is highly correlated with the formulation of the social capital in virtual community, And also it is suggested that the use of internet can produce the change in formulating process of social capital.