Online social networks in Spain 2012-2016: much more than communication tools
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Nowadays, online social networks are a part of the everyday life of millions of people in the world, and its use it is not limited to their personal sphere, but also these networks became tools for social participation and in a new type of mass media, all of that having repercussions over individual social capital, due to their power of supplementing it, as it will be shown in this paper. While studying the corresponding data, referred to Spain, the evolution of these networks will be profiled regarding the mentioned items, in the period from year 2012 to year 2016getting to the conclusion that even if there is not an increase in the use of online social networks in 2015 in relationship to 2012, they still illustrate that they have the capacity of supplementing social capital.
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