عنوان

Social computing and virtual communities /

1420090437

9781420090437

1420090429

9781420090420

b786076

Social computing and virtual communities /

[Book]

edited by Panayiotis Zaphiris and Chee Siang Ang.

Boca Raton :

Chapman & Hall/CRC Press,

©2010.

1 online resource (xii, 285 pages) :

illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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.

MIL

249547

Social computing and virtual communities.

9781420090420

Computer networks-- Social aspects.

Human-computer interaction.

Internet-- Social aspects.

Computer networks-- Social aspects.

COMPUTERS-- Interactive & Multimedia.

COMPUTERS-- Social Aspects-- Human-Computer Interaction.

Human-computer interaction.

Internet-- Social aspects.

COM-- 034000

COM-- 079010

Ang, Chee Siang.

Zaphiris, Panayiotis.

20201206235431.0

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[Book]

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