Dear Farooq, The literature should depend on your perspective. There are some interesting studies in the field of Social Networks. You can look, for example, at this article: Licoppe C., Smoreda Z. (2005) 'Are social networks technologically embedded?: How networks are changing today with changes in communication technology', Social Networks, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 317-335. and see if it answers your question. Best wishes, Elad Segev _____________________________ School of Politics and IR, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org]On Behalf Of farooq wani Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:55 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] social isolation hello, I am a post graduate student at the university of sheffield,uk. i shall be thankful if you can provide some literature about how 'online communities' affects social life. i already have some data from ntia.doc.gov. regards f wani _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/