Connecting [Paperback]

Mary Chayko (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 18, 2002

Explores how we come to feel connected to those we have never met face-to-face.

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From the Back Cover

How do we become connected to people we have never met in person? From celebrities to faraway relatives, from favorite writers to thinkers to people we meet on-line, we form a host of subtle, invisible, but very real social connections with distant others. In Connecting, Mary Chayko investigates how physically separated people manage to create a sense of connectedness-a meeting of the minds -and feel undeniably, if unexpectedly, bonded. Through dozens of personal accounts, the book considers the social fallout of connecting with absent others-the benefits and hazards-on our societies, communities, relationships, and individual selves. The result is a comprehensive yet intimate look at social bonding as it is rarely recorded: an examination of the bonds and communities we form across great distances, and even across time, in the age of the Internet. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Mary Chayko is Assistant Professor and Chair of Sociology at the College of St. Elizabeth. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: SUNY Press (July 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791454347
• ISBN-13: 978-0791454343
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,859,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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