In the following analysis of two journals by Robert Putnam and Thomas H. Sander, the changing pattern of social connectedness will be explained in two distinct, yet similar ideas, which combine to strengthen the alleged factors responsible for the phenomena. Both pieces of work acknowledge the eroding of Social Capital, and although they approach it from different spectrums, agree that there has been a decline in civic engagement.
In Robert Putnam’s, Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital, the author commences his argument for understanding society by introducing an important concept to his reasoning: “…quality of public life and the performance of social institutions (and not only in America) are indeed powerfully influenced by norms and networks of civic engagement.” (Putnam). In his journal, Putnam structures his work by providing an outline of why it happened, how …show more content…
The Post-9/11 Split”, most of his arguments about youth and their social capital decreasing, are false. Being born in a low class family, it is correct that my knowledge incorporating higher forms of government and politics are limited, these social constraints prioritizing my family’s economic status first. However, he argues that an individual under my circumstances would be less engaged, which can be rejected by the amount of tertiary associations I’m involved in mentioned previously, which apply to my peers with similar socio-economic status. Additionally, he conveys that using technology is a threat to strengthening social networks, which is false in high school students I was surrounded with. This material culture, collaborating with mass media, connected individuals my age to current events, such as when the Obama campaign was emerging. We all had limited knowledge of what even happened in debates, but connecting through social media and joining organizations, provided us new information we did not have before, benefiting the whole
In Robert Putnam’s, Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital, the author commences his argument for understanding society by introducing an important concept to his reasoning: “…quality of public life and the performance of social institutions (and not only in America) are indeed powerfully influenced by norms and networks of civic engagement.” (Putnam). In his journal, Putnam structures his work by providing an outline of why it happened, how …show more content…
The Post-9/11 Split”, most of his arguments about youth and their social capital decreasing, are false. Being born in a low class family, it is correct that my knowledge incorporating higher forms of government and politics are limited, these social constraints prioritizing my family’s economic status first. However, he argues that an individual under my circumstances would be less engaged, which can be rejected by the amount of tertiary associations I’m involved in mentioned previously, which apply to my peers with similar socio-economic status. Additionally, he conveys that using technology is a threat to strengthening social networks, which is false in high school students I was surrounded with. This material culture, collaborating with mass media, connected individuals my age to current events, such as when the Obama campaign was emerging. We all had limited knowledge of what even happened in debates, but connecting through social media and joining organizations, provided us new information we did not have before, benefiting the whole