Imagining Twitter as an Imagined Community

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 Internet has refocused our attention on this ongoing tension. The Internet has enabled people who know each other to use social media, from e-mai...

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Published in:	The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 1294 - 1318
Main Authors:	Gruzd, Anatoliy, Wellman, Barry, Takhteyev, Yuri
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2011 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Blogs Broadcasting Communication Communications systems Communications technology Community Computer mediated communication Connectedness e-mail electronic discussion groups Email Information and communication technologies Internet Interpersonal relations Mass Media people Sense of community Services Social interaction Social media Social Networks Social psychology Social relations Social theory Studies Telecommunications Twitter Virtual Reality online communities knowledge dissemination Internet information and communication technology social networks scholarly communication
ISSN:	0002-7642, 1552-3381, 1552-3381
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