From face-to-face to facebook? Social media and collective action Presentation by Ivar Eimhjellen, Phd.student, Rokkansenteret/UiB Bergen, May 18 th. The voluntary sector in the Nordic Countries. Change agents and contract partners.

From face-to-face to facebook? Theoretical perspective: Social capital: Networks (+ trust, norms of reciprocity) Organizations as formalized networks Organizations and networks in relation to levels of social capital and collective action ICT`s supporting networks and collective action?

From face-to-face to facebook? Data  Survey: Voluntary organizations in Hordaland (17 municipalities)  Data from 1998 and 2009  Regression anlysis  Three main research questions / models

Figure 1 Percentage share of organization`s benefits from and the internet.

Table 2: Prabability for internet usage and benefits from the internet by organizations. Two-step Heckman-regression.

Figure 2 Estimated benefits from the internet/ by different webmedia representation.

Table 3: Regession of backgroundvariables, internet usage, different types of usage and the effect on the number of cooperative ties.

From face-to-face to facebook? This study indicates that the Internet and social media: Supports face to face contact Supports cooperative ties between organizations