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Friday, November 09, 2001
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=47 "Online Communities: Networks that nurture long-distance relationships and local ties" [.pdf] This new report from the Pew Center focuses on the role of the Internet in creating virtual communities or supplementing local communities. The 28-page text is divided into several sections, beginning with a summary of key findings. Pew surveyed almost 1,700 Internet users and found that online communities are varied and vibrant and that the Internet, rather than increasing estrangement or alienation in its users, operates to facilitate local, face-to-face communities. The report is both readable and studded with tables and references and should be interesting for those researching virtual communities and the role of technology in culture and for Internet users who ponder the role the net has in others' lives. Users can download the report as a .pdf file or browse it online. From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2001. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/
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