Using your own words to answering the following questions:
Let’s begin with the assumption that Putnam and others are correct in their assertion that civic engagement and social capital have been declining in recent decades. Given the measurement problems and conceptual vagueness attributed to social capital, this may prove to be a bad assumption on our part. Nevertheless, let’s assume it is true. Do online social networks affect the levels of social capital in society? Clearly repeated online interaction is not the same as repeated face-to-face interaction. However, given the low costs and ease associated with online interaction, can the overall effect be the same? Do online communities supplant the need for traditional intermediary organizations such as nonprofit organizations that facilitate civic and political engagement? Or are declines in civic engagement and social capital likely to continue?
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