The Social Affordances of the Internet for Networked Individualism

By Barry Wellman, Anabel Quan-Haase, Jeffrey Boase, Wenhong Chen, Keith N. Hampton, Isa Diaz, Kakuko Miyata. J. Comput. Mediat. Commun., 2006

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Subfields: Communication, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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Adolescents' sense of community on myspace and facebook: a mixed-methods approach. (2010, background): “Similarly, some have proposed that greater online access and interactions can lead to networked individualism rather than community networks (e.g., Wellman et al., 2003).”
The Needs-Affordances-Features Perspective for the Use of Social Media (2018, neutral): “(9) Communication refers to the affordance that enables users to directly communicate with each other in a social media setting (Davis et al. 2009; Goel et al. 2013; Junglas et al. 2013; Kietzmann et al. 2011; Nardon and Aten 2012; Wellman et al. 2003).”
Can Digital Technology Enhance Social Connectedness Among Older Adults? A Feasibility Study (2019, background): “These affordances offer synchronous and asynchronous communication opportunities with different ties—from family to communities of interest or practice—and the ability to manage interactions simultaneously (Delello & McWhorter, 2017; Wellman et al., 2003).”
On and Off the 'Net: Scales for Social Capital in an Online Era (2006, background): “The positive impacts discovered include the Internet supplementing rather than supplanting prior human communication (Wellman, Boase, & Chen, 2002; Wellman et al., 2003), particularly through email (Horrigan & Rainee, 2002; Howard, Rainie, & Jones, 2001).”
Distinguishing technologies for social interaction: The perceived social affordances of communication channels scale (2017, background): “One of the most frequently cited affordances is bandwidth , the breadth of social cues potentially transmitted in a channel (Daft et al., 1987; Rice & Steinfield, 1994; Short et al., 1976; Wellman et al., 2003).”
From Tree House to Barracks (2006, background): “In this sense, WoW is like several other communication tools on the Internet (instant messenger, chat rooms, e-mail) in that it is an extension of preexisting offline interactions (Haythornthwaite, 2002; Wellman et al., 2003).”
Social media and migration: Virtual community 2.0 (2011, background): “While new technologies provide additional means for the every more effective extension and maintenance of personal networks (as noted by Wellman et al., 2003), the use of these applications is having other consequences as well.”
An anatomy of a YouTube meme (2012, background): “The second prism is the social logic of participation, and it would suggest that the mimesis of famous videos is highly compatible with the age of ‘networked individualism’ (Wellman et al., 2003).”
Imagined Affordance: Reconstructing a Keyword for Communication Theory (2015, background): “Studies of the web focused on how the Internet affords social uses for users (Hogan, 2009; Wellman et al., 2003).”
The Role of Communication and Trust in Global Virtual Teams: A Social Network Perspective (2011, methodology): “aS Mentioned above, the networked individualism paradigM relies on the notion that individuals do not act in isolation; rather, they act within the context of a network of other individuals and artifacts [109].”
Communicative Affordances of Mobile Media: Portability, Availability, Locatability, and Multimediality (2015, background): “This work often built on a notion of “social affordances” (Bradner, 2001; Wellman et al., 2003).”
Self-Governance Through Group Discussion in Wikipedia (2011, background): “Online communities form around a wide range of interests and goals, relying on technologies with different social affordances that allow people to interact in different ways (Wellman et al., 2003).”
How new media affords network diversity: Direct and mediated access to social capital through participation in local social settings (2011, background): “Others point to the potential for various internet activities to create new social settings and affordances that will supplement or replace the network benefits accrued through participation in traditional physical settings (Wellman et al., 2003).”
The Affordances of Social Media Platforms (2018, background): “…the notion of technology affordances to describe the changes in email culture effectuated by moving from high-bandwidth environment to a slower dial-up service, Wellman et al. (2003) use the notion of social affordance to describe how changes in broadband create new possibilities for communication.”
Social Connectivity in America: Changes in Adult Friendship Network Size From 2002 to 2007 (2010, background): “These technological tools and features afford ample opportunities for fostering preexisting ties and developing new ones (e.g., Bargh & McKenna, 2004; Boase & Wellman, 2006; Herring, 2004; Rainie & Wellman, forthcoming; Walther, 2006; Wellman et al., 2003).”