1. Social network ties which were
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A broken in the modern age – it was assumed forever – are everywhere becoming reconnected.
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2. The main leisure use of the internet is said to be family genealogy: families and communities which were
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B on each other.
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3. Third generation immigrants in English-speaking countries are often keen
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C on geographic proximity for close network ties.
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4. Internet sites such as ‘Friends Reunited’ allow people who were at school together, or who worked together,
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D separated generations ago by emigration are finding each other once again.
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5. Ties of affiliation are being reconnected, helping to create a different texture to society: one which is more dispersed and diasporic and less dependent
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E to learn the heritage languages of their grandparents, creating an important new motivation for foreign language learning amongst ethnic minority communities in the UK and USA.
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F to make contact again.
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