| Titre | Communication électronique et réseaux sociaux | |
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| Auteur | Michel Grossetti | |
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Revue | Flux |
| Numéro | no 29, juillet-septembre 1997 | |
| Page | 5-13 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The analysis of social networks is an area of significant research concerned with forms of communication insofar as these forms play a role in the creation or maintenance of social relationships. The emergence of electronic communication within the context of these networks raises a specific set of questions concerning the evolution of the network structure which is brought about by the growing access to this type of communication. This article considers the regular correspondents of some researchers in Toulouse and describes the types of evolution involved. As may be expected, the role of proximity in the creation and maintenance of social relationships shows signs of weakening. Social networks based on a heavy use of electronic communication show interesting structural specificities which differentiate them from "ordinary" networks, and demonstrate traits similar to those which characterize the social networks in large cities with respect to the networks in less urbanized areas. This result suggests the hypothesis of the "hyper- ville" which tends to turn widespread electronic communications into an equivalent of urban processes, at least with respect to social relations. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/flux_1154-2721_1997_num_13_29_1206 |
