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1、Page44of44ChapterSix–NetworkedFamiliesThischapterisco-authoredwithTracyKennedy.WeappreciatetheassistanceofMohammadHaque,MariaMajerski,LiliaSmaleandJaniceZhangforthischapter.TheTripleRevolution–SocialNetwork,InternetandMobile–hasunderminedtheclassicnotionth
2、atpeople’shomesaretheircastles:inviolate,defendedplacesfilledwithfamilyactivity.Homesarenolongercastles,iftheyeverwere.Rather,theyarebasesforreachingoutandnetworking–withfamilymembers,friendsandrelatives,communitygroups,andwork.HillaryClintonunderstoodthis
3、withoutcallingitbyitspropername.Inherbook,ItTakesaVillage,sherecognizedthatfamiliesarenotboundupinvillages–rural,suburbanorurban:“Thenetworksofrelationshipsweformanddependonareourmodern-dayvillages,buttheyreachwellbeyondcitylimits.”Weagreewithher,buttakehe
4、rthesisfurther.Nofamilyisanisland;andnohouseisacastle:theyaremultiplynetworked.Thewaysinwhichmodernfamiliesarenetworkedprovidethemwithagreatdealofindividualdiscretion,abundantopportunitiesforcommunication,andflexibilityintheirtogetherness:Theyspendlesstime
5、physicallytogetherathomeinthesameroomandeveninthesamehouse.Yet,theyarethicklyconnectedatanytimeandanywherebybothnewandoldcommunicationmedia:phones–wiredandmobile–andtheinternet.Theynetworkasindividualsratherthanwithinsolidaryfamilygroups.Eachhouseholdmembe
6、roperatesasasemi-autonomousindividual,withher/hisownagenda,usingamultitudeoftransportationandcommunicationmediatocontactandcoordinatewitheachother.Althoughthetrendtonetworkedfamiliesbeganbeforetheinternetandmobilephone,theintrinsicindividualnatureofthesete
7、chnologieshasencouragedthetransmutationofhouseholdsintonetworks.Wherecallstolandline(wired)householdphonesandvisitstohomeswerereallycontactswiththeentirehousehold,newICTs(informationandcommunicationtechnologies)fosterindividualtoindividualcontact.Yetthison
8、lytellspartofthestory,astherearesocialandculturalchangesinadditiontotechnologicalchanges.Theyincludetrendstowardspersonalcarownership(ratherthantheone-for-allfamilycar),womenworkingoutsideofthehome,shiftingfa
