The Internet has enabled new forms of community to flourish.

As stated in Merriam Webster Online Dictionary , Community is and can be 1 : a unified body of individuals: as a: State, Commonwealth b: the people with common interest living in a particular area c: an interacting population of various kinds of individuals in a common location d: a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society e: a group linked by a common policy f: a body of persons …

…presented us with many spatial and temporal changes. New virtual communities are emerging everyday and modes of communication are changing ever quickly and some of the reasons they are flourishing are mentioned in the paper. While we only see what our position in time and space allows us to see, it is clear that these changes - like those of the Modernist era - will impact on future societies for some long time to come.