الفيس بوك و رأس المال الاجتماعي في مصر : دراسة سوسيولوجية-ميدانية

الملخص EN

joining to the Facebook was considered a one of the emerging phenomena in the Egyptian society in the past few years.

It seemed that the site attracts a diverse social groups in terms of age, educational level and gender.

Resulted in the Field study, which applied to 313 persons, that Facebook is not only room for the creation of so- cial capital, a new default substitute for social capital unrealistic but exercises social site famous role in the consolidation of some images traditional social relations, at a time that presents new ways and mechanisms to create and support new forms of rela- tions default It is, therefore, exceeded a form of social capital on Face- book which has many varieties and interactions.

the study resulted that Facebook not only creates or supports social capital, but also provides opportunities and possibilities to make the individuals involved in the larg- er world nationally or internationally, and supports their ability to participate in public affairs, representing a potential can be exploited to stimulate the efforts of the forces of development.