Bowling Alone in the Age of Screens: Social Media and the Erosion of Family Bonds in the Global South with a Focus on Bangladesh

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This study examines the impact of social media on family bonds in the Global South, with a particular focus on Bangladesh. Building on Putnam’s ‘bowling alone’ thesis, the research reframes social fragmentation in collectivist contexts as a process unfolding primarily within households rather than civic institutions. Employing a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, the study combines a nationally stratifie...

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7699135c-0bd3-52b8-a7f8-e51706b3b045

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10.20944/preprints202512.1396.v1