Physical Place and Cyberplace: The Rise of Personalized Networking

Computer networks are social networks. 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 to person‐to‐person and role‐to‐role commu...

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Published in:International journal of urban and regional research Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 227 - 252
Main Author: Wellman, Barry
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK and Boston, USA Blackwell Publishers Ltd 01.06.2001
Wiley Blackwell
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Series:International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Subjects:
Belonging
Community
Community involvement
Computers
Internet
Interpersonal Communication
Neighborhoods
Networking
Networks
Personal relationships
Sociability
Social identity
Social impact
Social Networks
ISSN:0309-1317, 1468-2427
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Summary:Computer networks are social networks. 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 to person‐to‐person and role‐to‐role communities. People connect in social networks rather than in communal groups. In‐person and computer‐mediated communication are integrated in communities characterized by personalized networking. Les réseaux informatiques sont des réseaux sociaux. Les possibilités sociales qu’offrent les réseaux sociaux informatisés – bande passante plus large, portabilité sans fil, connectivité mondiale, personnalisation – sont en train de favoriser le passage de communautés de porte‐à‐porte et de lieu‐à‐lieu vers des communautés d’individu‐à‐individu et de rôle‐à‐rôle. Ainsi, les gens se lient davantage dans des réseaux sociaux que dans des collectivités. Les communications directes et via l’informatique sont intégrées dans des communautés caractérisées par un maillage personnalisé.
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ISSN:0309-1317
1468-2427
DOI:10.1111/1468-2427.00309