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5/26/20051
Barry WellmanDirector,
NetLab 
Department of SociologyUniversity of Toronto Toronto, Canada M5S 1A1
wellman@chass.utoronto.cawww.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman
Anabel Quan-HaaseFaculty of Information & Media Studies; Dept of SociologyUniversity of Western Ontario London, Ontario Canada
aquan@uwo.caFROM THE COMPUTERIZATION MOVEMENTTO COMPUTERIZATION:A CASE STUDY OF A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
 
2Barry Wellmanwww.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman
Thirty Years On
1976: Amaze people with HC-CH communication
1986: Early adopters had PCs and email
1991: “Do you have an Internet address”?
1996: “Do you have a website?
2001: “Google me”
2005: “Do you have WiFi access?
 
3Barry Wellmanwww.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman
The End of TheSimple Digital Divide
Most North Americans Online –At Home, Work
People Routinely Log On
Internet No Longer Limited to Far-Flung Connections
Most Email and IM Conversations are Local
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