Explicating and Measuring Social Relationships in Social Capital Research

Kikuchi, Mami; Coleman, Cynthia-Lou

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2885.2012.01401.x

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“…Social capital is an outcome of the relationships in both of the business sector and civil society (Bourdieu, ; Coleman, ; Fukuyama, ; Minkoff, ; Putnam, ). Kikuchi and Coleman () argued that communication scholars need to ensure that they were measuring social capital in way that reflected the assumptions of our field—meaning making.…”

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Looking Over, Looking Out, and Moving Forward: Positioning Public Relations in Theorizing Organizational Network Ecologies

2014

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Public relations research has benefitted from theory development in the field of Communication. Yet, the contributions of public relations theory building to the larger Communication discipline are less clear. This may be due to the fact that public relations theories have focused on dyadic relationships with an organization at the center. This type of research has pursued a narrow understanding of relationships and neglected a broader understanding of how discourse shapes meaning and relationships. This article explores the social network perspective that places an organization's relationships in a wider context, its network ecology. We propose a conceptual model of how to apply social network analysis to studying systems of relationships and identify six propositions that provide guidelines for future research.

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2014

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“…Kikuchi and Coleman () set out to provide a measure of social capital in their examination of how the theory may relate to communication in the 21st century. This essay, however, has taken a step back from issues of measurement to re‐examine the theoretical underpinnings of social capital and its relationship to traditional news media.…”

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“…This essay reconceptualizes the notion of social capital—the value or importance of social connections—as it applies to scholarship about the news media. It responds to the challenge issued by Kikuchi and Coleman () to re‐examine the theoretical underpinnings of social capital research articulated by its contemporary founders Pierre Bourdieu () and James Coleman (, ) and deliberate how the role and functions of communication might drive social capital. I suggest viewing social capital as a specific resource of power/advantage that commercial news organizations can consciously invest in and develop for their own gain (Bourdieu, ), is the missing link in the scholarship to date.…”

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TertiusTactics: “Mediated Social Capital” as a Resource of Power for Traditional Commercial News Media

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2013

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This essay reconceptualizes “social capital” as it relates to scholarship regarding the traditional news media. Much academic attention links the news media to Robert Putnam's view which focuses on social capital as enhancing “civic pride” and collective/community involvement. I suggest Putnam's perspective is often adopted without wider exploration of what the theory may offer the future of the commercial news media in western societies. This essay proposes the term “mediated social capital” may be a more suitable lens through which to consider this theory, taking a cue from Pierre Bourdieu who views social capital as a resource of power that may be utilized to maintain or build a position of advantage.

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“…Social capital refers to the benefits that accrue from the interaction through relationships in social networks – including enjoyment and access to other resources (Coleman ; Kikuchi & Coleman ). It also refers to the importance of participation in social groups (Bourdieu ; Putnam ) and is concerned with the relationships and social ties with other people (Coleman ).…”

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What do we know about the social networks of single parents who do not use supportive services?

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Winkworth

2016

Child & Family Social Work

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The role that social support and social networks play in mediating isolation and stress experienced by vulnerable families is well established. However, a major issue facing supportive human services is to find and engage families with limited social networks and link them to supports that could improve outcomes for their families. This paper reports on the results of in‐depth interviews with 20 sole parents with children aged under 5 who were not well connected to services. It documents their social networks with the use of a social network map. Using a social capital lens, the analysis attempts to differentiate the different relationships in the participants' lives. Most participants were not satisfied with their informal networks, with conflicted or ambivalent reliance on family, absence of support and community engagement and fragility of informal networks. Although this group of isolated mothers does encounter the formal service system, the opportunities to increase and strengthen their networks do not eventuate. Better understanding of the nature and extent of social networks can inform practitioners and policy‐makers of the critical factors needed to increase service use for parents with limited resources.

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Explicating and Measuring Social Relationships in Social Capital Research

Cited by 49 publications

References 24 publications

Looking Over, Looking Out, and Moving Forward: Positioning Public Relations in Theorizing Organizational Network Ecologies

Looking Over, Looking Out, and Moving Forward: Positioning Public Relations in Theorizing Organizational Network Ecologies

TertiusTactics: “Mediated Social Capital” as a Resource of Power for Traditional Commercial News Media

What do we know about the social networks of single parents who do not use supportive services?

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