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Pippa Norris

In: Society Online: The Internet in Context

Chapter 2: The Bridging and Bonding Role of Online Communities

Edited by: Philip N. Howard & Steve Jones

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452229560.n2

Subject: New Media & Communication Technology, Mass Communication

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Norris, P. (2004). The bridging and bonding role of online communities. In P. N. Howard & S. Jones (Eds.), Society online: The internet in context (pp. 31-42). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781452229560.n2

Norris, Pippa. "The Bridging and Bonding Role of Online Communities." In Society Online: The Internet in Context, edited by Philip N. Howard and Steve Jones, 31-42. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2004. doi: 10.4135/9781452229560.n2.

Norris, P 2004, 'The bridging and bonding role of online communities', in Howard, PN & Jones, S (eds), Society online: the internet in context, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 31-42, viewed 6 December 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781452229560.n2.

Norris, Pippa. "The Bridging and Bonding Role of Online Communities." Society Online: The Internet in Context. Eds. Philip N. Howard and Steve Jones. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2004. 31-42. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 6 Dec. 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781452229560.n2.

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The Bridging and Bonding Role of Online Communities
The bridging and bonding role of online communities
PippaNorrisHarvard University

Along tradition in sociological theory among writers such as Durkheim, Marx, Weber, Tonnïes, and Simmel has been concerned about the loss of community and the weakening of the face-to-face relations of Gemeinschaft, a theme revived recently in the work of Putnam (2000). The role of new communication technologies, especially the internet, has often been regarded as important for this phenomenon either by exacerbating social isolation or by reviving communities ties virtually Contemporary debates about social capital have noted that many local networks and associations strengthen social cohesion, but another darker downside exists in community life (Edwards & Foley, 1998; Portess & Landholt, 1996). To understand this phenomenon, Putnam (2000, ...

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