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University of Lethbridge
Capital and stratification within virtual community : a case study of metafilter.com
Abstract
In this thesis, I conduct a case study of a virtual community (Metafilter.com) in order to apply Pierre Bourdieu's theory of capital and class to an online community. The specific goals for this thesis are in mapping the different forms of capital that are active in Metafilter in order to see how they structure its social space. The questions I address are: 1) what forsm of capital are active in the Metafilter community? 2) How are they similar to the forms of capital presented by Bourdieu? Having identified the active forms of capital, 3) do they act to influence stratification in the Metafilter community?
Author and committee
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- Lawton, Paul K.
- University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
Subjects
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- hdl:10133/267
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- oai:opus.uleth.ca:10133/267