La notion de capital social est liee a celle de personnalite morale des societes. Malgre les critiques qui ont pu lui etre adressees et les defauts qui peuvent etre releves, cette notion est essentielle en droit des societes et son importance doit etre affirmee. Un point semble acquis en fonction des reformes recentes, ce n'est plus un instrument de controle de la societe (le droit de vote n'est plus uniquement fonction de la possession d'actions). Lui attribuer ce role n'entrainerait que deception et critiques. En revanche, le capital social est un instrument fondamental en matiere de financement de l'activite sociale; il faut en ce sens l'envisager de maniere extensive (cela vise la possible inclusion des apports en industrie, et le regime de ce que l'on peut appeler quasi-capital). Il a aussi un role a jouer comme instrument de protection des creanciers (non comme gage direct, mais comme garantie indirecte), grace aux principes de fixite et d'intangibilite, qu'il faut cependant redefinir clairement : et dans une moindre mesure comme instrument de protection des associes par le role d'ecran qu'il joue parfois. En conclusion, la reflexion aboutit a affirmer la necessite du capital social, et lui organiser un reel statut juridique, notamment par une redefinition des regles qui le caracterisent.

Le capital social

Prevalence of cyberbullying victimization among Pakistani Youth

Will smart cities enhance the social capital of residents? The importance of smart neighborhood management

Technology Use and Research Approaches for Community Education and Professional Development

In this paper, we analyse the relationship between bullying, cyberbullying and Internet usage in the post-conflict city of Belfast, using the conceptual framework of social capital theory. Observing the results of a survey we conducted among young people, with the help of local partners, we found a paradox, according to which moderate Internet users claimed to have been more exposed to cyberbullying than heavy Internet users. In the observed context, cyberspace seems to be a more suitable place for verbal offences, in particular for vulgar messages, the high level of occurrence of which, compared to the offline environment, explains the high levels of cyberbullying. Moreover, our findings confirmed a gender pattern according to which males constitute a slight majority of bullying victims, while females are a significant majority among cyberbullying victims.

Bullying, cyberbullying and Internet usage among young people in post-conflict Belfast

In this paper, we discuss Belfast community workers' expectations about the influence of the Internet on social capital and on social inclusion among youngsters from segregated areas of the city. For the purpose of conducting onsite research, we selected one of the main organizations working with young people and distributed a questionnaire among the organization's workers. The results show that according to the workers' expectations, the Internet is increasing the openness of youngsters' minds and their social integration, giving a glimmer of hope in light of the challenges of segregation; at the same time, those surveyed indicated that the Internet is not strengthening ties among the young people they work with. Secondly, we verified that different Internet use by the respondents correlated to different expectations, and we found a slight difference in expectations between “higher” and “lower” Internet users.

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Internet, Social Capital, and e-Inclusion in Post-Conflict Belfast: Expectations of Community Workers

1,2,3 Abstract: In this paper, we analyse the relationship between bullying, cyberbul- lying and Internet usage in the post-conflict city of Belfast, using the conceptual framework of social capital theory. Observing the results of a survey we conducted among young people, with the help of local partners, we found a paradox, according to which moderate Internet users claimed to have been more exposed to cyberbul- lying than heavy Internet users. In the observed context, cyberspace seems to be a more suitable place for verbal offences, in particular for vulgar messages, the high level of occurrence of which, compared to the offline environment, explains the high levels of cyberbullying. Moreover, our findings confirmed a gender pattern according to which males constitute a slight majority of bullying victims, while females are a significant majority among cyberbullying victims.

https://cogentoa.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/23311886.2015.1132985

MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES | RESEARCH ARTICLE Bullying, cyberbullying and Internet usage among young people in post-conflict Belfast

In the following paper we observe one of the impacts of the new TICs in the context of the recent riots. In particular, we show a few examples where is possible to realize how Governments are experimenting a process of enabling and sophistication, and how TICs could be considered not only a a medium of democratization, but also a new tools of repression in autocratic contexts. Moreover considering the new cooperation between Internet provider and government agencies, we report new issues which must be studied with the aim to improve the structure of the Internet.

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Francesca Savoldi

Papers

Bullying, cyberbullying and Internet usage among young people in post-conflict Belfast

Internet, Social Capital, and e-Inclusion in Post-Conflict Belfast: Expectations of Community Workers

MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES | RESEARCH ARTICLE Bullying, cyberbullying and Internet usage among young people in post-conflict Belfast

Technopolitic: sophistication and new dichotomies. The Governments' response to the activists, raises emerging issues.