TY - JOUR T1 - Networks, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Approaches to the Study of the Community Question JF - Urban Affairs Review Y1 - 1979 A1 - Wellman, B. A1 - Leighton, B KW - community KW - media KW - Neighborhoods KW - networks KW - social network AB - We propose a network analytic approach to the community question in order to separate the study of communities from the study of neighborhoods. Three arguments about the community question-that "community" has been "lost," "saved," or "liberated"-are reviewed for their development, network depictions, imagery, policy implications, and current status. The lost argument contends that communal ties have become attenuated in industrial bureaucratic societies; the saved argument contends that neighborhood communities remain as important sources of sociability, support and mediation with formal institutions; the liberated argument maintains that while communal ties still flourish, they have dispersed beyond the neighborhood and are no longer clustered in solidary communities. Our review finds that both the saved and liberated arguments proposed viable network patterns under appropriate conditions, for social systems as well as individuals. VL - 14 UR - http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcourseweb.lis.illinois.edu%2F~katewill%2Ffall2009-lis590col%2Fwellman%2520leighton%25201979%2520networks%2520neighborhoods.pdf&ei=0_0CUfHWFqb22AW68YG4Bw&usg=AFQj ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Studying the Internet through the Ages T2 - Handbook of Internet Studies Y1 - 2011 A1 - Wellman, B. AB - The Handbook of Internet Studies brings together scholars from a variety of fields to explore the profound shift that has occurred in how we communicate and experience our world as we have moved from the industrial era into the age of digital media. JF - Handbook of Internet Studies PB - Blackwell CY - Oxford UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=3CakiQW_GVAC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=Studying+the+Internet+through+the+Ages&source=bl&ots=7jItTrTTkF&sig=nJOUdr-vI5dRfuLYlayzhWhlVIk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wlcsT4LzLujm2gXVjL3GCg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Studying%20the%20Internet%20 ER -