[Air-l] studies on Local community strength by internet access

[Bernie Hogan]

Hampton, K. & Wellman, B. (2003). Neighboring in Netville: How the Internet
Supports Community and Social Capital in a Wired Suburb. City & Community,
2(4), 277-311.

This paper looks at a "natural experiment" where half the new suburb was
given high speed internet for free while the other half only had optional
dial-up. The ones who had internet were more likely to neighbor, be social
and engage in other positive community oriented activity.

Keith is probably doing more work along these lines with his eNeighbors
project.  Keith Hampton <khampton AT asc DOT upenn DOT edu>

Take care,
BERNiE

I received a message from Peter Timusk at approximately 4/12/06 5:15 PM.
Above is my reply.

> Are there any studies showing that internet access increases local
> community strength? I think I came across this thesis on this list.
> Can someone point this out to me?
> 
> thanks.
> 
> 
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