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Psychosocial Intervention
On-line version ISSN 2173-4712Print version ISSN 1132-0559
Abstract
CASTILLO-DE MESA, Joaquín and GOMEZ-JACINTO, Luis. Connectedness, engagement, and learning through social work communities on LinkedIn. Psychosocial Intervention [online]. 2020, vol.29, n.2, pp.103-112. Epub May 11, 2020. ISSN 2173-4712. https://dx.doi.org/10.5093/pi2020a4.
Social networking sites have enabled a high connectedness leading to unprecedented interactive dynamics. Social workers are using these digital means and are generating communities of practice through which they cooperate and shareinformation. Through netnography and analysis of social networking sites we have observed the presence, identity, and connectedness, and interaction patterns on LinkedIn of 170 social workers who worked at 41 organizations from specificcontexts. Implicit communities were identified through various algorithms, thus analyzing leadership and cohesion of their members. Results show connectedness and interaction patterns that lead to the creation of communities of practice on LinkedIn based on social work domains and practices. The possibility of establishing and maintaining relationships on LinkedIn and applying social networking sites to social intervention as an innovative strategy to improve information exchange and cooperation between professionals and organizations is addressed in the discussion.
Keywords : Connectedness; Interaction; Community of practice; Social network analysis; LinkedIn.