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- ↑ Barry Wellman, “Living Wired in a Networked World: The Rise of Networked Individualism.” Founding conference, Association of Internet Researchers, Lawrence, KS, Sept 2000
- 1 2 Manuel, Castells (2001). The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business and Society. Oxford University Press. p. 132. ASIN 0199255776.
- ↑ Barry Wellman, “Physical Place and Cyber Place: The Rise of Personalized Networking.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 25,2 (June, 2001): 227-52.
- ↑ Rainie, Lee; Wellman, Barry (2012-04-27). Networked: The New Social Operating System. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262300407.
- 1 2 Rainie, Lee and Wellman, Barry. "Networked individualism: What in the world is that?". pewinternet.org. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Barry Wellman, Anabel Quan-Haase, Molly-Gloria Harper 2020 "The Networked Question in the Digital Age." Network Science 8,3. In press.
- ↑ Wellman, Barry. "The Rise (and Possible Fall) of Networked Individualism" (PDF). Insna.org. Retrieved 2015-11-29.