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Local community

Local community is a geographically defined community of place

Community of place

A Community of place or place-based community is a community of people who are bound together because of where they reside, work, visit or otherwise spend a continuous portion of their time....
, a group of people living close to each other.

The term community suggest that its members have some relations that are communal - experiences, values, and/or interests may be shared, they may interact with each other and are concerned about mutual and collective well-being.

Local community has been an issue of concern in social criticism and theoretical sociology, among others, especially in contrast to the modern society

Modernity

Modernity is a term that refers to the modern era. It is distinct from modernism, and, in different contexts, refers to cultural and intellectual movements of the period c....
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Local community is a geographically defined community of place

Community of place

Modernity

Modernity is a term that refers to the modern era. It is distinct from modernism, and, in different contexts, refers to cultural and intellectual movements of the period c....
. The central idea, either expressed or rejected, is that local community has been in decline, if not lost, in our contemporary life.

Benefits of local community

Interpersonal ties (often called community network) within a local area enables various resource-sharing among the networked people. Lending small amount of money among the individuals (micro lending) is one form of this sharing.

It may take a more subtle form of paying attention to each other and watch delinquent of criminal activities, as well as accident, leading to a higher public safety and lower crime rate.

In general, diffusion of innovations

Diffusion of innovations

Diffusion of innovation is a theory of how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread through cultures. Everett Rogers introduced it in his 1962 book, Diffusion of Innovations, writing that "Diffusion is the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system."...
research suggests that peer networks play a great role in the process of diffusion of knowledge and practices throughout a society. Medical practices and advice which enhance public health and sanitation would be shared among people more effectively given strong interpersonal networks. Adoption of new technologies would often occur through the network. (See also two-step flow of information and opinion leadership

Opinion leadership

Opinion leadership is a concept that arose out of the theory of two-step flow of communication propounded by Paul Lazarsfeld and Elihu Katz. This theory is one of several models that try to explain the diffusion of diffusion of innovations, ideas, or commercial product s....
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