The Virtual Community, revised edition
The Virtual Community, revised edition

Author: Howard Rheingold

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2000-10-23

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780262261104

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Howard Rheingold tours the "virtual community" of online networking. Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community—one where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and dupe others. At the same time that he tells moving stories about people who have received online emotional support during devastating illnesses, he acknowledges a darker side to people's behavior in cyberspace. Indeed, contends Rheingold, people relate to each other online much the same as they do in physical communities. Originally published in 1993, The Virtual Community is more timely than ever. This edition contains a new chapter, in which the author revisits his ideas about online social communication now that so much more of the world's population is wired. It also contains an extended bibliography.

Virtual Communities, Social Networks and Collaboration
Virtual Communities, Social Networks and Collaboration

Author: Athina A. Lazakidou

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-06-20

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1461436346

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Online communities are among the most obvious manifestations of social networks based on new media technology. Facilitating ad-hoc communication and leveraging collective intelligence by matching similar or related users have become important success factors in almost every successful business plan. Researchers are just beginning to understand virtual communities and collaborations among participants currently proliferating across the world. Virtual Communities, Social Networks and Collaboration covers cutting edge research topics of utmost real-world importance in the specific domain of social networks. This volume focuses on exploring issues relating to the design, development, and outcomes from electronic groups and online communities, including: - The implications of social networking, - Understanding of how and why knowledge is shared among participants, - What leads to participation, effective collaboration, co-creation and innovation, - How organizations can better utilize the potential benefits of communities in both internal operations, marketing, and new product development.

Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies
Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies

Author: Dasgupta, Subhasish

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2005-10-31

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 1591407974

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"This encyclopedia of virtual communities and technologies provides a much needed integrated overview of all the critical concepts, technologies and issues in the area of virtual communities"--Provided by publisher.

Trust and Deception in Virtual Societies
Trust and Deception in Virtual Societies

Author: Cristiano Castelfranchi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9401736146

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One of the major problems in the development of virtual societies, in particular in electronic commerce and computer-mediated interactions in organizations, is trust and deception. This book provides analyses by various researchers of the different types of trust that are needed for various tasks, such as facilitating on-line collaboration, building virtual communities and network organizations, and even the design of effective and user-friendly human-computer interfaces. The book has a multi-disciplinary character providing theoretical models of trust and deception, empirical studies, and practical solutions for creating trust in electronic commerce and multi-agent systems.

Building Successful Online Communities
Building Successful Online Communities

Author: Robert E. Kraut

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2016-02-12

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0262528916

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How insights from the social sciences, including social psychology and economics, can improve the design of online communities. Online communities are among the most popular destinations on the Internet, but not all online communities are equally successful. For every flourishing Facebook, there is a moribund Friendster—not to mention the scores of smaller social networking sites that never attracted enough members to be viable. This book offers lessons from theory and empirical research in the social sciences that can help improve the design of online communities. The authors draw on the literature in psychology, economics, and other social sciences, as well as their own research, translating general findings into useful design claims. They explain, for example, how to encourage information contributions based on the theory of public goods, and how to build members' commitment based on theories of interpersonal bond formation. For each design claim, they offer supporting evidence from theory, experiments, or observational studies.

Building Virtual Communities
Building Virtual Communities

Author: K. Ann Renninger

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-07-08

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0521780756

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The chapters in this book provide a basis for thinking about the dynamics of Internet community building. The book will interest educators, psychologists, sociologists, and researchers in human-computer interaction.

Virtual Community Building and the Information Society
Virtual Community Building and the Information Society

Author: Christo El Morr

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 9781609608712

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Virtual Community Building and the Information Society: Current and Future Directions offers a holistic approach to virtual communities, providing relevant theoretical frameworks and presenting the latest empirical research on virtual technology, infrastructures, content modeling, knowledge modeling, content management, context awareness, mobility, security and trust. It also explores the social impact and applications of virtual communities, providing valuable insights for professionals, researchers, and managers in fields including information systems, computer science, knowledge management, software engineering, healthcare, business, information and communication sciences, education, and sociology who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of virtual communities in the information society.