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James C. Witte
Researcher at Clemson University
Publications - 58
Citations - 3259
James C. Witte is an academic researcher from Clemson University. The author has contributed to research in topics: The Internet & German. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 54 publications receiving 3102 citations. Previous affiliations of James C. Witte include George Mason University & Northwestern University.
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Does the Internet Increase, Decrease, or Supplement Social Capital? : Social Networks, Participation, and Community Commitment
TL;DR: The authors found that heavy Internet use is associated with increased participation in voluntary organizations and politics, and that people's interaction online supplements their face-to-face and telephone communication without increasing or decreasing it.
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Capitalizing on the Net: Social Contact, Civic Engagement, and Sense of Community
TL;DR: This paper found that online social contact supplements the frequency of face-to-face and telephone contact, and that frequent email users have a greater sense of online community, although their overall sense of community is similar to that of infrequent email users.
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The Internet and Social Inequalities
James C. Witte,Susan E. Mannon +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explain how the changing nature and uses of the Internet not only mirror todays social inequalities, but also are at the heart of how stratification is now taking place.
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Declining Fertility in East Germany After Unification: A Demographic Response to Socioeconomic Change
James C. Witte,Gert G. Wagner +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use a broad sociological perspective to view demographic trends and other behavioral and attitudinal changes accompanying unification as separate, but related, threads in an overall process of assimilation.
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Matching Training and Jobs: The Fit Between Vocational Education and Employment in the German Labour Market
James C. Witte,Arne L. Kalleberg +1 more
TL;DR: The systeme de formation professionnelle allemand et plus particulierement le systeme dual d'apprentissage est souvent cite en exemple for ce qui est d'assurer une qualification professionelle.