網路的功與過：網路使用與政治參與及社會資產關係的探討

The Relationship between Internet Use, Political Participation and Social Capital

張卿卿(Ching-Ching Chang)

《新聞學研究》 86期 (2006/01) Pp. 45-90

https://doi.org/10.30386/MCR.200601_(86).0002

摘要

本研究關切焦點在於「網路使用」與「政治參與」（包括實體政治參與和網路政治參與）以及「社會資產」的關係，推論在探討「網路使用」的功與過時，必須區分「網路使用」的量與質。本研究分以「使用時間」與「使用動機」切入：在「使用時間」部份進一步依使用性質差異區分為「工作上網時間」與「休閒上網時間」，而在「使用動機」部份則區分為「資訊蒐集」、「人際互動」與「娛樂消遣」。本研究主要分析不同類型「使用時間」與不同類型「使用動機」和網友實體「政治參與」與「社會資產」之間的可能正向或負向關係。此外，本研究認為網路提供另類形式的政治參與，包括「政治資訊蒐集」、「政治意見交換」與「政治意見表達」，因此本文也進一步的探討網路使用與這些另類政治參與的關係。

關鍵字

社會資產 ； 政治參與 ； 網路使用

並列摘要

This study explores the relationship between Internet use, political participation, and social capital. I propose that it is important to distinguish the quality and quantity of Internet use, and accordingly, this study examines two different indicators of Internet use: time spent on the Internet and motives for Internet use. Time spent on the Internet is further categorized into time spent on the Internet for work and time spent on the Internet for pleasure. Motives for Internet use include information search, social interaction and entertainment. The relationship between time spent on the Internet and Internet use motives and political participation as well as social capital is examined. Moreover, it is proposed in this paper that the Internet functions as an important media for political participation. Therefore, the relationship between Internet use time and motives and the three unique types of political participation via the Internet is explored, too.

並列關鍵字

Internet use ； political participation ； social capital

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