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Personalization of mass media and the growth of pseudo-community

Journal Article

James Beniger
Communication Research
14(3) 352-371


Abstract

This piece (written pre-Internet, it should be noted), explores how the increased personalization of mass media facilitates the development of forms of community (labeled “pseudo-community” by Beniger) that move beyond traditional geography-based community definitions.


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