[Air-l] studies on Local community strength by internet access

Are there any studies showing that internet access increases local community strength? I think I came across this thesis on this list. Can someone point this out to me? thanks. Peter Timusk B.Math(2002) BA (2006) Carleton University running MacOSX, Debian 3.0 & 3.1, WinXP &Win2K & Fedora Core 3 Community activist, statistics worker. member IWW IU 620, CUPE 4600, USWA 9597 Nothing I write is intended to be representative of my employer, or our clients. Nor do I alone speak for my unions. Feel free to learn more about me at www.crystalcomputing.net Computer ethics studies at www.webpagex.org blogs http://logbook.crystalcomputing.net <- computers http://notebook.webpagex.org <- school work