Core constructs
| Constructs | Literature-based framing |
|---|---|
| Online residential community (ORC) | A digitally mediated, membership-bounded network where residents of the same local area interact about place-based matters, sharing information, coordinating activities, and offering mutual support |
| Sense of place | The emotional and symbolic bond individuals form with specific geographic locations through lived experience, shared narratives, and everyday interactions |
| Sense of community | The perception of belonging to a network of mutual relationships, grounded in shared purpose and sustained interaction, and marked by the belief that members’ needs will be met through their commitment to remain together |
| Sense of citizenship | The way individuals are recognized and act as part of a civic collective, extending beyond legal rights to include belonging, participation, and “acts of citizenship” that challenge exclusion and affirm presence |
| Paradox | Contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously, persist over time, and cannot be resolved but only navigated |
| Constructs | Literature-based framing |
|---|---|
| A digitally mediated, membership-bounded network where residents of the same local area interact about place-based matters, sharing information, coordinating activities, and offering mutual support | |
| The emotional and symbolic bond individuals form with specific geographic locations through lived experience, shared narratives, and everyday interactions | |
| The perception of belonging to a network of mutual relationships, grounded in shared purpose and sustained interaction, and marked by the belief that members’ needs will be met through their commitment to remain together | |
| The way individuals are recognized and act as part of a civic collective, extending beyond legal rights to include belonging, participation, and “acts of citizenship” that challenge exclusion and affirm presence | |
| Contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously, persist over time, and cannot be resolved but only navigated |