New Social Ties: Contemporary Connections in a Fragmented Society

Chambers, Deborah

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-10-12

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333984079

DOI: 10.1057/9780230627284

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 208