New Social Ties Contemporary Connections in a Fragmented Society
Description
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceSociologyMarriage & FamilyAnthropologyGender Studies
2006Book
Author(s)Deborah Chambers
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333984079
LanguageEnglish
