Grieving for a Lost Network Collective Action in a Wired Suburb

1 This research was supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Communication and Information Technologies Ontario. At the University of Toronto, I have received support from the Centre for Urban and C ommun ity Studies, the Department of Socio logy, and the Knowled ge Media Design Institute. I would like to express my appreciation to B arry Wellman, my collaborator on the W ired Suburb Projec t, and to the following pe ople for their assistance and suppo rt, at the University of Toronto: Dean Behrens, B onnie Erickson, Nancy Howell, Alexandra M arin, Andrew McKin non, William M ichelson, and Carlton Thorne. Othe rs: Donald B erkowitz, Dam ien DeSh ane, Jerome Durlak, Herbert G ans, Paul Hoffert, Tim othy Hollett, T homas Ju renka, Liane Sullivan, and Richard Valentine. My greatest debt is to the residents of Netville who have given their time and patience, allowing us into their homes and answering many questions. Portions of this work are reprinted from my PhD disse rtation © Ke ith Hampt on 200 0. Direct corres ponde nce to Ke ith Hampt on (keith.h ampton @utoro nto.ca), Department of Urban Stud ies and Planning, Roo m 9-547, M assachusetts Institute of Techno logy, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge , MA 02139 -4307. For more p apers on Netville and related top ics please visit my webpage www.mysocialnetwork.net Grieving for a Lost Network Collective Action in a Wired Suburb