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Milena Gulia
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 5
Citations - 2510
Milena Gulia is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ethnic group & Social network. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 2449 citations.
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Computer Networks as Social Networks: Collaborative Work, Telework, and Virtual Community
Barry Wellman,Janet W. Salaff,Dimitrina Dimitrova,Laura Garton,Milena Gulia,Caroline Haythornthwaite +5 more
TL;DR: CSSNs accomplish a wide variety of cooperative work, connecting workers within and between organizations who are often physically dispersed, and link teleworkers from their homes or remote work centers to main organi...
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Net-Surfers Don’t Ride Alone: Virtual Communities as Communities
Barry Wellman,Milena Gulia +1 more
TL;DR: Can people use the Internet to find community? Can online relationships between people who never see, smell, or hear each other be supportive and intimate? as mentioned in this paper investigates whether online relationships can be intimate.
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The Network Basis of Social Support: A Network Is More Than the Sum of Its Ties
Barry Wellman,Milena Gulia +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the extent to which different types of personal community networks provide high aggregate volumes and per capita rates of social support, including empathetic companionship, emotional aid, supportive services, and financial aid.
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Differences in neighborhood qualities among racial and ethnic groups in Canada
Eric Fong,Milena Gulia +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the neighborhood qualities of major ethnic groups in Canada using data drawn from the 1991 census 2B file and special tabulations requested from the Statistics Canada, and found that the British, northern Europeans, and western Europeans live in neighborhoods with desirable social qualities without paying higher costs, even after controlling for socioeconomic status, immigration period, and generations.
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Neighborhood change within the Canadian ethnic mosaic, 1986–1991
Eric Fong,Milena Gulia +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the neighborhood patterns in three major Canadian metropolitan areas between 1986 and 1991 and found that the increase in racial and ethnic diversity in neighborhoods is related to the efforts of visible minorities, especially Asians, seeking out neighborhoods withEuropeans.