New social ties: contemporary connections in a fragmented society
Auteur :
Chambers, Deborah
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9780333984079
Date de publication :
12 oct. 2006
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Deborah Chambers draws on the metaphor of friendship as a strategy for exploring contemporary changes in informal social ties. She traces the shift from fixed and permanent ties of family, neighbourhood and community to fluid and transient ties typified by computer mediated communication.