Project

Examining online/offline social capital and its association with online/offline risk behaviors, both at the individual and neighborhood level

Code
01N00418
Duration
01 January 2018 → 31 December 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Health psychology
    • Social psychology not elsewhere classified
    • Communication sciences not elsewhere classified
Keywords
online risk behaviors online social capital offline risk behaviors offline social capital socio-economic characteristics
 
Project description

Today, social capital is not limited to face-to-face contacts, but also includes social networks online. The present project focuses on the association between online/offline social capital and online/offline risk behaviors, both at the individual and neighborhood level. Therefore, longitudinal data about socio-economic characteristics, social capital and risk behaviors will be collected among 2400 inhabitants of 60 neighborhoods in Ghent.