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Physical Place and Cyberplace: The Rise of Personalized Networking
- B. Wellman
- Sociology
- 1 June 2001
Computer networks are social networks. Social affordances of computer-supported social networks - broader bandwidth, wireless portability, globalized connectivity, personalization - are fostering the… Expand
Different Strokes from Different Folks: Community Ties and Social Support
- B. Wellman, S. Wortley
- Psychology
- American 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… Expand
The Community Question: The Intimate Networks of East Yorkers
- B. Wellman
- Sociology
- American 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.… Expand
Does the Internet Increase, Decrease, or Supplement Social Capital?
- B. Wellman, A. Haase, J. Witte, Keith N. Hampton
- Business
- 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… Expand
Computer Networks as Social Networks: Collaborative Work, Telework, and Virtual Community
- B. Wellman, Janet W. Salaff, D. Dimitrova, Laura Garton, Milena Gulia, C. Haythornthwaite
- Sociology
- 1996
When computer networks link people as well as machines, they become social networks. Such computer-supported social networks (CSSNs) are becoming important bases of virtual communities,… Expand
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… Expand
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Studying Online Social Networks
- Laura Garton, C. Haythornthwaite, B. Wellman
- Computer Science
- J. Comput. Mediat. Commun.
- 23 June 2006
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Little Boxes, Glocalization, and Networked Individualism
- B. Wellman
- Computer Science
- Digital Cities
- 18 October 2001
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Neighboring in Netville: How the Internet Supports Community and Social Capital in a Wired Suburb
- Keith N. Hampton, B. Wellman
- Sociology
- 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… Expand
The Social Affordances of the Internet for Networked Individualism
- B. Wellman, Anabel Quan-Haase, +4 authors K. Miyata
- Sociology, Computer Science
- J. Comput. Mediat. Commun.
- 23 June 2006
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