1. Draw a map of part of your social network. For whom are you a strong tie? A
weak tie? When have you seen a weak tie provide strong benefits for you? For
the other person?
2. Make a list of two or three strong ties and note the media you use with each.
Now do the same for two or three weak ties. Which media do you tend to
allocate to each type of tie? Why? What groups in your life shape these media
use expectations?
3. Imagine you were to lose your cell phone for a week. How would this change
your social life? Which relationships, if any, would be strongly affected? Which,
if any, wouldn’t be affected at all?
4. Identify one communication medium you enjoy and one you don’t. Reflect on
why that’s the case. Do your attitudes toward these media have more to do with
the characteristics of the media themselves or with how people you know tend
to use them?
