Capitalizing on the Net: Social Contact, Civic Engagement, and Sense of Community

Visual-Based Representation and Mediation in Digital Culture Impacts Political Participation, Issue Advocacy and Campaigning for Social Change

“…This reflects the findings by Quan-Haase et al [34] in The Internet in Everyday Life, whereby social classes are noted to be divided by their political participation, and discussion of politics is a social activity among engaged 'information seekers' in a literate society -an argument attributed to Castells' "networked society" thesis.…”

Media use in long‐distance friendships

“…Rice & Shook 1990). Several studies found that email predominates in longdistance relationships, especially in weak ties (Hampton & Wellman 2001;Quan-Haase et al 2002;. Based on these studies it can be expected that email is used more frequently than the phone in long-distance friendships.…”

Does Internet Use Affect Engagement? A Meta-Analysis of Research

“…I chose this geographic focus because of the volume of research on the American population. Almost all of the research in this meta-analysis is based on American respondents, but two studies combine Canadian and American respondents, so Canadians are included in some of the analysis (Quan-Haase, Wellman, Witte, & Hampton, 2002;Wellman, Quan-Haase, Witte, & Hampton, 2001). The reason for this geographic focus is to control for exogenous variables, which may affect the observed relationship between Internet use and political engagement.…”