Does the Internet Increase, Decrease, or Supplement Social Capital?

Abstract

was an assistant professor at Northwestern University and before that a postdoctoral fellow at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Witte's areas of interest include the sociology of the Internet, economy and society, and research methods. Witte was the principal investigator for the National Geographic Society's Web-based survey, Survey2000, and is principal investigator for the National Science Foundation-funded follow-up study, Survey2001.

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