عنوان

Social computing and virtual communities /

(Number (ISBN

1420090437

(Number (ISBN

9781420090437

Erroneous ISBN

1420090429

Erroneous ISBN

9781420090420

Number

b786076

Title Proper

Social computing and virtual communities /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Panayiotis Zaphiris and Chee Siang Ang.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boca Raton :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Chapman & Hall/CRC Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 285 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

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.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

MIL

Stock Number

249547

Title

Social computing and virtual communities.

International Standard Book Number

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

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Ang, Chee Siang.

Zaphiris, Panayiotis.

Date of Transaction

20201206235431.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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