TY - JOUR
T1 - Engaging the disengaged
T2 - Collective action, media uses, and sense of (virtual) community by evacuees from Gush Katif
AU - Lev-On, Azi
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - Former residents of the evacuated Gush Katif region, once parts of closely knit and cohesive communities, have been spread across Israel in temporary settlements since the disengagement, in 2005. The goal of this study was to learn how the evacuees interacted with one another online to organize politically and retain their social capital. The study focused on Katif.net, the major Internet site in use by the former residents of Gush Katif. This is an unusual case of a virtual community that continues to thrive online even as its offline predecessor has been evacuated.
AB - Former residents of the evacuated Gush Katif region, once parts of closely knit and cohesive communities, have been spread across Israel in temporary settlements since the disengagement, in 2005. The goal of this study was to learn how the evacuees interacted with one another online to organize politically and retain their social capital. The study focused on Katif.net, the major Internet site in use by the former residents of Gush Katif. This is an unusual case of a virtual community that continues to thrive online even as its offline predecessor has been evacuated.
KW - Computer-mediated communication
KW - Internet
KW - Online communities
KW - Sense of community
KW - Uses and gratifications
KW - Virtual communities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77949502441&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0002764209356251
DO - 10.1177/0002764209356251
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AN - SCOPUS:77949502441
SN - 0002-7642
VL - 53
SP - 1208
EP - 1227
JO - American Behavioral Scientist
JF - American Behavioral Scientist
IS - 8
ER -