Open AccessSocial Communication in a Community: The Bridge among Generations
Author(s) -
Irena Leliūgienė,
Angelė Kaušylienė
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sabiedrība, integrācija, izglītība/sabiedrība. integrācija. izglītība/society. integration. education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2256-0629
pISSN - 1691-5887
DOI - 10.17770/sie2015vol3.502
Subject(s) - general partnership , bridge (graph theory) , sociology , class (philosophy) , empirical research , public relations , social psychology , psychology , political science , computer science , epistemology , medicine , law , philosophy , artificial intelligence
Referring to scientific literature, the article aims to define criteria of social communication, which are identified by socio-cultural, psychological, communication competences that in value viewpoint are essential for partnership relations among generations. The article presents network characteristics of successful partnership among generations. On the basis of theoretical works‘ analysis the research methodology as well as quantitative and qualitative research instrument, which allowed performing the empirical research, has been designed. The article also presents essential results of the research: how social communication and partnership networks create premises for bridges among generations in a community. The research has been performed in N community in Lithuania‘s second largest city. In this article the authors pursue to find the answer to the problematic question – what experience of communities‘ creation of bridges between social communication and partnership networks can strengthen bridges among generations.