3. #CIPRSM
Investment in social relations by individuals
Definition
[maintain your resources] actions.
Nan Lin, Family Professor of Sociology at
Trinity College Duke University
through which they gain access to embedded
resources [wealth, status, power, information]
to enhance expected returns of instrumental
[political, economic or social] or expressive
5. #CIPRSM
• Takes time to acquire
• Relevance is everything
• Not transferable
• Social media is only one way we can
acquire and utilise it
• Real world elements are crucial
Considerations