The Strength of Internet Ties
Jeffrey Boase,
Pew,
Jan 25, 2006
A Pew study is released which casts doubt on the idea that online communication weakens local and family ties. Instead, the internet has assumed a role in supplementing those ties (the report even notes that people with more local ties also use the internet more frequently) while at the same time providing people with access to multiple communities worldwide from which they can draw help and support. PDF. Via Joho.
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