People are becoming more and more involved in voluntary group participation and it is something that is growing. Civic engagement is related to social capital because people join groups for many different reasons. It allows them to accomplish their goals, organize activities, communicate with others, meet new people, etc. The people who join groups for religious purposes is one of the biggest, then following sports related groups, and consumers. Civic engagement and social capital relate when, for example, in support groups people give advice and help other people. At the same time they get something out of it, a personal satisfaction.
Engagement in groups was dominated by women, and what I found interesting was that it was dominated by older adults. This is probably because older adults are more likely the ones joining religious groups and consumer groups. Younger users are more likely to be part of gaming groups. There seems to be a group for everything and I do not see it slowing down any time soon.
It is so important to anybody to feel satisfied about herself or himself. In fact, working with groups to accomplish certain goal and purpose for that group would deffinetely be the best way to make its participants feel good about themselves and be satisfied;especially, if the group is successful and reaching its goals. In this case the feeling of trust, happiness, and belonging to that certain groups would reach its peak and lead the groups participants to work harder and reach higher goals and become a vital group in their sociaty.
I believe that older women are more involved with groups because they feel that they should teach and help the younger generation. Most old people have wisdom that many young people would not ask for one on one therefore they interact within groups because they can hide their identity. They can develop a connection, bridges and bonds as well as get that personal satisfication as you stated.
I agree that group participation in today’s society is growing. Whether this is good or bad is usually a matter of opinion. I also agree that members usually get a personal satisfaction out of joining online sites like Facebook or Twitter. However, no matter how long someone has been a member, he or she should always be careful what they post. Once the comment is up there, it’s permenantly in the system.