New modes of integration: Individuality and sociality in digital networks

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. New modes of integration: Individuality and sociality in digital networks
Marian Adolf, Dennis Deicke, First Monday, 2015/01/12

This paper looks at the impact of the decline of mass media on community. It suggests that a two-part process takes place: first, the removal of individuals from traditional social structures and supports, and second, their reintegration into a new type of community defined by networked sociality. More...