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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zaphiris, Panayiotis, Ang, Chee Siang
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, ©2010.
Temas:
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.