New Social Ties: Contemporary Connections in a Fragmented Society

by Deborah Chambers

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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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0333984080

ISBN13:9780333984086

Release Date:October 2006

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.57 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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