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Social computing and virtual communities

Title
Social computing and virtual communities / edited by Panayiotis Zaphiris and Chee Siang Ang.
Publication
Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, ©2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Zaphiris, Panayiotis.
  • Ang, Chee Siang.
Description
xii, 285 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
Due to the advancement of the Internet, online communities are gaining increasing importance in the research community. Presented from a user's perspective, this book explores the diverse application areas of social computing and online communities.
Subject
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Internet > Social aspects
  • Computer networks > Social aspects
  • Computer networks > Social aspects
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Internet > Social aspects
  • Online-Community
  • Soziales Netzwerk
  • Soziale Software
  • Onlinegemeinde
  • Soziales Netzwerk
  • Soziale Software
  • Virtuelle Gemeinschaft
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Theoretical foundations of social computing and virtual communities / Charalambos Vrasidas and George Veletsianos -- An overview of social networks / Gindo Tampubolon -- Research methods 2.0 : doing research using virtual communities / Paul Cairns, Mark Blythe -- E-learning communities / Andrew Laghos -- Technology-enhanced health communities : research on the use of social computing application by both the sick and the well / Laura Slaughter, Aksel Tjora, Anne-Grete Sandaunet -- Online support communities / Ulrike Pfeil -- Online content sharing / Masahiro Hamasaki ... [et al.] -- From online familiarity to offline trust : how a virtual community creates familiarity and trust between strangers / Paula Bialski and Dominik Batorski -- Second Life, immersion, and learning / Diane Carr and Marin Oliver -- Residency, relationships and responsibility : the social side of World of Warcraft / David White -- Perceiving an internet community as a "utopia" : beliefs, norms and resistance among older Chinese / Bo Xie -- Social network sites : an explortation of features and diversity / Mike Thelwall and David Stuart.
ISBN
  • 9781420090420
  • 1420090429
LCCN
2009021896
OCLC
  • ocn229022796
  • 229022796
  • SCSB-9174942
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library