Physical Place and Cyberplace: The Rise of Personalized Networking
- B. Wellman
- Computer Science
- 1 June 2001
In-person and computer-mediated communication are integrated in communities characterized by personalized networking, and social affordances of computer-supported social networks - broader bandwidth, wireless portability, globalized connectivity, personalization - are fostering the movement from door-to-door and place- to-place communities.
Different Strokes from Different Folks: Community Ties and Social Support
- B. Wellman, S. Wortley
- PsychologyAmerican Journal of Sociology
- 1 November 1990
Community ties with friends and relatives are a principal means by which people and households get supportive resources. Quantitative and qualitative data from the second East York study are used to…
The Community Question: The Intimate Networks of East Yorkers
- B. Wellman
- SociologyAmerican Journal of Sociology
- 1 March 1979
The Community Question has set the agenda for much or much of sociology. It is the question of how large-scale social systemic divisions of labor affect the organization and content of primary ties.…
Computer Networks as Social Networks: Collaborative Work, Telework, and Virtual Community
- B. Wellman, J. Salaff, Dimitrina S. Dimitrova, L. Garton, Milena Gulia, C. Haythornthwaite
- Computer Science
- 1996
CSSNs accomplish a wide variety of cooperative work, connecting workers within and between organizations who are often physically dispersed, and link teleworkers from their homes or remote work centers to main organi...
Does the Internet Increase, Decrease, or Supplement Social Capital?
- B. Wellman, A. Haase, J. Witte, Keith N. Hampton
- Psychology
- 1 November 2001
How does the Internet affect social capital? Do the communication possibilities of the Internet increase, decrease, or supplement interpersonal contact, participation, and community commitment? This…
Structural analysis: From method and metaphor to theory and substance.
- B. Wellman
- Sociology
- 1988
Structural (or network) analysis has mystified many social scientists. Some have rejected it as mere methodology, which lacks due regard for substantive issues. Some have fled from its unusual terms…
The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science
- B. Wellman
- Sociology
- 1 May 2008
cial network, you soon may not belong anywhere,” warns cyberpundit Daniel Tynan (2007). He’s talking about the explosive proliferation of social networking software, with MySpace claiming more than…
Studying Online Social Networks
- L. Garton, C. Haythornthwaite, B. Wellman
- Computer ScienceJ. Comput. Mediat. Commun.
- 23 June 2006
The utility of the social network approach for studying computer-mediated communication, be it in computer-supported cooperative work, in virtual community, or in more diffuse interactions over less bounded systems such as the Internet is shown.
The Social Affordances of the Internet for Networked Individualism
- B. Wellman, Anabel Quan-Haase, K. Miyata
- EconomicsJ. Comput. Mediat. Commun.
- 23 June 2006
The studies show that the Internet is used for connectivity locally as well as globally, although the nature of its use varies in different countries, and Internet use is adding on to other forms of communication, rather than replacing them.
Neighboring in Netville: How the Internet Supports Community and Social Capital in a Wired Suburb
- Keith N. Hampton, B. Wellman
- Law
- 1 December 2003
What is the Internet doing to local community? Analysts have debated about whether the Internet is weakening community by leading people away from meaningful in‐person contact; transforming community…
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