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Computer Networks, Communication Networks, Social Networks
How does the Internet affect everyday life - at work, in the community, and among
family members?
What are the social impacts of the "glocalization" (globalization
+ localization) that comes with wired living?
What is the nature of reciprocity and social support in an era of "networked
individualism"?
NetLab
is a scholarly network studying computer networks, communication
networks, and social networks. Netlab scholars are linked to the Centre
for Urban and Community Studies, the Department
of Sociology, the Knowledge
Media Design Institute, and the Faculty
of Information Studies. Our
overarching interest is in how the Internet affects everyday life:
at work, in the community, and among family members. This research
network, headed by Barry
Wellman, hosts a motley crew of social science
professors,
graduate students and undergraduates.
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Barry Wellman (director), Susan Bastani, Dean Behrens, Dimitrina Dimitrova, Eric Fong and Janet Salaff are active faculty participants in NetLab.
Current student
participants include Jeffrey Boase, Wenhong Chen, Bernie
Hogan, Tracy Kennedy, Monica Prijatelj, Anabel Quan-Haase, Inna Romanovska,
and Phuoc Tran.
Participants from other organizations include Robert Cross, Kenneth Frank,
Thomas Gray, Keith
Hampton, and Caroline
Haythornthwaite.
Support for research comes from Bell University Laboratories, Communications
and Information Technology Ontario, IBM Institute for Knowledge Management,
Mitel Networks, National Geographic Society, (U.S.) National Science
Foundation, Office of Learning Technologies (HRDC), and the Social Science
and Humanities
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Currently,
NetLab is analyzing:
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Two world-wide
global National Geographic surveys of Internet use.
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The ties of white-collar teleworkers with office colleagues and family members.
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Neighboring
and long-distance ties by the residents of "Netville": a leading-edge wired suburb of
Toronto.
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The 'glocalization' (globalization + localization) that comes with wired living via advanced connections to the Internet and other online services.
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The
nature of reciprocity and social support in an era
of "networked
individualism".
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The relation of internet use to social capital and skills.
- Women and
the Internet.
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Computer
literacy in the U.S., the U.K., Japan and China.
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Trans-
national entrpreneurs online and offline in Toronto, Beijing and
Los Angeles.
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The
digital divide within and between countries.
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How
the Internet connects weak ties (collaborative with the Pew Internet
and American Life Project).
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