Social Capital is the glue that holds the social fabric of society together. In today's new media scenario, what are the differences in the levels of social capital in youth who have access to both offline and online social worlds? Does the Internet supplement/complement/decrease social capital in youth? These are some of the issues that are sought to be answered in this PhD thesis by Kalyani Subramanian from the University of Madras, Chennai.

1. Ph. D VIVA VOCE On and Off the Internet: An Exploratory Study of Youth Social Capital in Chennai in the Online Era KALYANI SUBRAMANIAN Dept Of Mass Media and Communication Studies University Of Madras

5. What is Social Capital? Social capital refers to: • resources embedded in networks of connections among individuals that are mobilized for purposive action (Lin’s Social Resources Theory of Social Capital,2001) • norms of trust and support that come from social networks, creating a sense of community

33. Means and Standard Errors of Online and Offline Social Capital Subscales Note: * p = .000 Variable Online Mean (SE) Offline Mean (SE) CBRP 7.16 (.07)* 8.66 (.04)* LESI 21.75 (.09)* 21.77 (.08)* OLA 16.72 (.09)* 16.89 (.09)* VPLG 12.70 (.06)* 12.88 (.06)* ES 7.88 (.05)* 8.61 (.04)* ASR 14.50 (.12)* 16.63 (.10)* H 7.64 (.05)* 8.35 (.04)* AMS 11.47 (.07)* 12.78 (.06)* OGA 7.91 (.05)* 7.52 (.06)*

35. RESOURCES TEXTUAL SUMMARY OF REGRESSION ANALYSIS: ‘ CHANGE TABLE’ OF GAINS AND LOSSES IN SOCIAL CAPITAL RESOURCES GAINS FROM… LOSSES FROM…. OffBr … OffBon OffBr OnBon OnBr OffBon OffBr OnBon OnBr OffCBRP ES LESI OLA AMS ASR CBRP - - - - OffLESI - CBRP OLA VPLG - LESI - - - - OffOLA ES AMS CBRP LESI VPLG ES H LESI OLA ASR CBRP OffVPLG ES H LESI OLA ES AMS VPLG CBRP