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This is one of those books that I suspect of being cited (and argued against) far more often than it's read. In my head, I had it classed vaguely as pop social science. Turns out, I was very wrong. Bowling Alone may be the most academic book I've read since leaving college, and at times I felt like I was being beaten to the ground by statistical clubs coming at me from every direction. But despite the leaden density and occasional painful-in-retrospect predictions about our technological future,
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While this book as very repetitive for someone who isn't studying the topic of social capital, the hypnosis is very thought provoking, and very well researched.
It was written before social media took off and so there are many things that one must extrapolate for one's self about how communication changes over the last 15 years have impacted social capital. I think Prof. Putnam would say that social media creates far more bonding capital than bridging capital, and thus in-group, out-group proble ...more
It was written before social media took off and so there are many things that one must extrapolate for one's self about how communication changes over the last 15 years have impacted social capital. I think Prof. Putnam would say that social media creates far more bonding capital than bridging capital, and thus in-group, out-group proble ...more
Oct 05, 2017
Kayleigh
marked it as to-read
