In “The Internet in Everyday Life,” the authors identify three forms of social capital:

1. Network capital
2. Civic engagement
3. Sense of community

All these things are present at the News & Record blogs. Network capital is created when readers communicate frequently through the blogs and comments. Civic engagement is created because often the readers are discussing issues of local civic importance. It seems there is a sense of community, and that relationships have emerged between different members of the community. It remains to be seen, however, whether the broader social network on the News & Record blogs can be put to work, as Nan Lin suggests is vital to social capital.