Digital Third Places: Using online spaces to connect to community The Central Perk coffee shop in Friends, the Seinfeld delicatessen, and the bars depicted in Cheers, How I Met Your Mother, and Grey's Anatomy share the role of third places in popular culture. Ray Oldenburg's (1999) book "The Great Good Place" develops the notion of "third Third places are characterized in terms of sociability and nondiscursive symbolism. The benefits of third place involvement are discussed with reference to diversity and novelty, emotional expressiveness, color, and perspective. ???????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?. ??. Oldenburg, Ray (1989). The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Community Centers, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts, and Ray Oldenburg is inspirational. He is the first to recognize and articulate the importance of the greeting place (third place) for the well-being of the individual and society at large. -- Ron Sher, President, Terranomics Development and founder of Third Place Books, Seattle, Wash. "The course of urban development in America is pushing the individual toward that line seperating proud independence from pitiable isolation." ? Ray Oldenburg, The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community Lately, I have thought a good bit about the idea of Museums as third places - not work or home, but places where people regularly go to socialize and be in community. Ray Oldenburg published on this concept a while ago. He suggests that today's coffee house best typifies the third place concept in North The Church as a Third Place - Dr. James Emery White Christian blog and commentary on Crosswalk.com. In his book The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg argues that we need a "third" place. His RAY OLDENBURG, PH.D., Professor Emeritus of sociology at the University of West Florida, coined the term "third place" and is widely recognized as one of the world?s leading advocates for and authorities on great good places. His book, The Great Good Place, a New York Times Book Review Editor?s Choice for 1989, was reissued in 1999. The Meaning of "3rd Place" The term "3rd Place" was coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg and refers to spaces within a society where people gather outside of their home- their first place- and work/school- their second place. 3rd Places are essential in the social vitality of a community. of third place. Ray Oldenburg is an urban sociologist from Florida who writes about the importance of informal public gathering places. In his landmark 1991 book, The Great Good Place (New York: Paragon House, 1991), Oldenburg explores why these gathering places are essential to community and public life. He argues that bars, coffee shops Third Place: The third place is the social surroundings separate from the two usual social environments of home ("first place") and the workplace ("second place "). The third place is where you meet and make your friends, grow spiritually and have a sense of community and connection. In the influential book The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg argues that third places are important for a civil Q + A with Ray Oldenburg The idea of a public, social place outside of home and work has been around for centuries, but it didn't enter the lexicon as a "third place" until the phenomenon was thoroughly explored by sociologist Ray Oldenburg in his