Social computing and virtual communities /
Explores diverse application areas of social computing and online communities. This text focuses on real-world case studies in which user behaviors, social mechanisms, and technological issues are investigated. It is suitable for those who construct, moderate, and maintain online communities.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton :
Chapman & Hall/CRC Press,
©2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 applications by both the sick and the well / Laura Slaughter, Aksel Tjora, Anne-Grete Sandaunet
- Online support communities / Ulrike Pfeil
- Online content sharing / Masahiro Hamasaki [and others]
- 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.