New Social Ties: Contemporary Connections in a Fragmented Society

New Social Ties: Contemporary Connections in a Fragmented Society

by Deborah Chambers (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 13 Oct 2006

ISBN 10: 0333984080
ISBN 13: 9780333984086