The Symbolic Construction of Community

By Tony Blackshaw. 2010

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Understanding user participation in online communities: A systematic literature review of empirical studies (2015, background): “In the notion of symbolic communities introduced by Cohen (1985), a community exists in the minds of its members and is constructed symbolically through shared meanings, norms and culture.”
Anti‐brand communities, negotiation of brand meaning, and the learning process: The case of Wal‐Mart (2010, methodology): “New social movement actors are striving for autonomy, and aiming for greater control over the development of the socio-cultural world (J. Cohen 1985).”
Community Resilience: Models, Metaphors and Measures (2009, neutral): “& Cohen, L. (2005). A community resilience”
Sense of Belonging at School: Defining Attributes, Determinants, and Sustaining Strategies. (2017, background): “…literature review on belonging, Allan and Bowles (2012) mentioned many other relevant factors: parental involvement (Epstein, 1992), typologies of love (Lee, 1973), belonging and attachment (Bowlby, 1969, 1973; Cohen, 1982, 1985), social capital (Putnam, 2000), and self-presentation (Fiske, 2014).”