I agree Deanya, My own work suggests that sociability and connection are the main reasons for people living in virtual communities. Denise Dr Denise Maia Carter, Research Fellow, Cyberspace Research Unit University of Central Lancashire Maudland Building Preston, PR1 2HE www.uclan.ac.uk/cru www.denisecarter.net -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org]On Behalf Of Deanya Lattimore Sent: 24 June 2006 05:05 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Americans and social isolation The article is being published in the new American Sociological Review. Both JSTOR and IngentaConnect carry ASR. I'm fairly convinced that the internet is a response to a felt need for connection that has been lacking since the 1970s "get an education and leave home to get a job far away from anyone and everything you've ever known" commuter mentality that I hope has reached its apex. The internet, in my mind, is a way to reconnect, after years of many of us not even knowing our neighbors' names. :-D. Deanya On Friday, June 23, 2006, at 10:11 PM, Mark Bell wrote:
interesting study....sort of. I doubt it even mentions online social relationships or concurrent online/rl relationships. It almost sounds to me to be from some pro-nuclear family agenda (he golden days in the 50's hen we had the Murphy's over to play cards and we actually talked). For instanced how many of you would i be contacting in the 80's? I feel more connected than ever to people. But then I'm a nerd =)
Anyone have a copy of the real study?
On 6/23/06, Richard Forno <rforno@infowarrior.org> wrote:
It would be interesting to see how this fits into the whole "being alone together" argument within a technology context....for example, someone who doesn't want to be around people but who socializes happily in a MMORPG environment or spends hours upon hours on AIM or IRC.
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