Author Question: Adler and Adler suggest that cyber communities represent a sense of Gemeinschaft within a ... (Read 113 times)

urbanoutfitters · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Adler and Adler suggest that cyber communities represent a sense of Gemeinschaft within a Gesellschaft world. What does this mean?

a. There is a greater sense of culture, customs, and manners on the Internet than in real-life situations, a surprising finding about community in America.
b. Cyber communities provide people with a sense of community and belongingness in what is otherwise an abstract, alienating, and anonymous world.
c. Previously, we had houses of worships, neighborhoods, and family that kept us together, but today there are no substitutes for these moribund institutions.
d. The Germans have been leaders in Internet technology, and with the advances they have made in the last decade, the Internet has become a democratized tool available to almost everyone.

Question 2

In an increasingly globalized and massified world, what do cyber communities offer people that have become more and more difficult to find?

a. a sense of community
b. a sense of belongingness
c. a sense of identity
d. all of the above