Social Ties

Movement Building and Deep Change: A Call to Mobilize Strong and Weak Ties

Taj James | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Social Ties, Twitter, Social Movements, Facebook, Malcolm Gladwell, Politics News
Taj James

Among those of us practicing movement building and creating deep change, the immediate question is how both weak and strong ties are being used on the front lines of social change action today.

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Americans Have More Friends, and Not Just on Facebook

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Barry Wellman, Faux Friends, Friends, Sociological Analyses, Close Friends, Economic Disparity, Income, Emotional Sharing, Television, Relatives, Social Connections, Social Networks, Media Panic, Surveys, Robert Putnam, Claude Fischer, Neighbors, Internet Use, Nostalgia, Self-Disclosure, Confidants, Myths, Loneliness, USA Today, Education, Social Ties, Social History, Internet, Social Isolation, New York Times, Facebook Friends, Bowling Alone, Miller McPherson, Healthy Living News
Bella DePaulo

Remember the media panic from the summer of 2006 about lonely and isolated Americans? The publication of a sociological study had unleashed a cascade...

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