Adler and Adler Suggest That Cyber Communities Represent a Sense

question 364

Multiple Choice

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.

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