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Networked: The New Social Operating System by Rainie, Lee, Wellman, Barry

“…Daily life is connected life, its rhythms driven by endless email pings and responses, the chimes and beeps of continually arriving text messages, tweets and…”
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Imagining Twitter as an Imagined Community by Gruzd, Anatoliy, Wellman, Barry, Takhteyev, Yuri

“…The notion of “community” has often been caught between concrete social relationships and imagined sets of people perceived to be similar. The rise of the…”
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Connected seniors: how older adults in East York exchange social support online and offline by Quan-Haase, Anabel, Mo, Guang Ying, Wellman, Barry

“…How do older adults mobilize social support, with and without digital media? To investigate this, we focus on older adults 65+ residing in the Toronto locality…”
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Social Connectivity in America: Changes in Adult Friendship Network Size From 2002 to 2007 by Hua Wang, Wellman, Barry

“…There is some panic in the United States about a possible decline in social connectivity. The authors used two American national surveys to analyze how changes…”
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Does Distance Matter in the Age of the Internet? by Mok, Diana, Wellman, Barry, Carrasco, Juan

“…This study is part of the broad debate about the role of distance and technology for interpersonal contact. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the…”
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The network is personal: Introduction to a special issue of Social Networks by Wellman, Barry

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Physical Place and Cyberplace: The Rise of Personalized Networking by Wellman, Barry

“…Computer networks are social networks. Social affordances of computer‐supported social networks – broader bandwidth, wireless portability, globalized…”
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Challenges in Collecting Personal Network Data: The Nature of Personal Network Analysis by Wellman, Barry

“…Discusses personal network analysis as opposed to network analysis, thus analyzing the social network of an individual versus that of the individual's communal…”
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A comparative study of social interaction frequencies among social network members in five countries by Parady, Giancarlos, Frei, Andreas, Kowald, Matthias, Guidon, Sergio, Wicki, Michael, van den Berg, Pauline, Carrasco, Juan-Antonio, Arentze, Theo, Timmermans, Harry, Wellman, Barry, Takami, Kiyoshi, Harata, Noboru, Axhausen, Kay

“…Social interaction patterns are relevant to explain (social) travel behavior. As such, the objective of this paper is to comparatively study the factors that…”
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Networks, hacking, and media - CITAMS@30: now and then and tomorrow by Wellman, Barry

“…Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this volume celebrates…”
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The Social Affordances of the Internet for Networked Individualism by Wellman, Barry, Quan‐Haase, Anabel, Boase, Jeffrey, Chen, Wenhong, Hampton, Keith, Díaz, Isabel, Miyata, Kakuko

“…We review the evidence from a number of surveys in which our NetLab has been involved about the extent to which the Internet is transforming or enhancing…”
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Instant Messaging for Collaboration:
A Case Study of a High‐Tech Firm by Quan‐Haase, Anabel, Cothrel, Joseph, Wellman, Barry

“…This article examines uses of instant messaging (IM) in a high‐tech firm to illustrate how knowledge workers use this new work tool to collaborate with…”
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Distance patterns of personal networks in four countries: a comparative study by Kowald, Matthias, van den Berg, Pauline, Frei, Andreas, Carrasco, Juan-Antonio, Arentze, Theo, Axhausen, Kay, Mok, Diana, Timmermans, Harry, Wellman, Barry

“…•We compare distances between home locations of personal networks in four countries.•Multilevel models are used to study these distance…”
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Computer Networks as Social Networks: Collaborative Work, Telework, and Virtual Community by Wellman, Barry, Salaff, Janet, Dimitrova, Dimitrina, Garton, Laura, Gulia, Milena, Haythornthwaite, Caroline

“…When computer networks link people as well as machines, they become social networks. Such computer-supported social networks (CSSNs) are becoming important…”
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Networks, Hacking, and Media – CITA MS@30: Now and Then and Tomorrow

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AGENCY IN SOCIAL ACTIVITY INTERACTIONS: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN TIME AND SPACE by CARRASCO, JUAN ANTONIO, HOGAN, BERNIE, WELLMAN, BARRY, MILLER, ERIC J.

“…ABSTRACT This paper explores the relationship between travel behaviour, ICT use and social networks. Specifically, we outline a theory of social action that…”
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Networked : the new social operating system by Rainie, Harrison, Wellman, Barry

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Is Dunbar's number up? by Wellman, Barry

“…This article is a commentary on ‘Relationships and the social brain: Integrating psychological and evolutionary perspectives’ (Sutcliffe, Dunbar, Binder, &…”
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Geography of Twitter networks by Takhteyev, Yuri, Gruzd, Anatoliy, Wellman, Barry

“…► We examine the influence of distance and related variables on Twitter ties. ► A substantial share of ties (39%) lies within the same metropolitan region. ►…”
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Dividing the Grey Divide: Deconstructing Myths About Older Adults’ Online Activities, Skills, and Attitudes by Quan-Haase, Anabel, Williams, Carly, Kicevski, Maria, Elueze, Isioma, Wellman, Barry

“…Although research has demonstrated a grey divide where older adults are less involved and skilled with digital media than younger adults, by treating them as a…”
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