Networked
by Lee Rainie, Barry Wellman · Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman
Rainie and Wellman use Pew survey data to argue that the internet, mobile phones and social networks moved people from tight groups into loose personal networks. Readers gain the networked-individualism framework for interpreting contemporary social ties.
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