Author : Jan Marco Leimeister
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 27,42 MB
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317452593
Written for both scholars and practitioners, this volume focuses on the design, management, use and impacts of Virtual Communities (VCs) from technological, social and economic perspectives. It brings together peer-reviewed research articles that give an in-depth review of the state-of-the-art practices, and also shows opportunities for research and practice in and around VCs.
Author : Robert E. Kraut
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 33,63 MB
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262528916
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.
Author : Trevor Owens
Publisher : New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,77 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Online social networks
ISBN : 9781433128479
Through analysis of this «how-to» literature, Designing Online Communities explores the discourse of design and configuration that partially structures online communities and later social networks.
Author : Henry Jenkins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 26,68 MB
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745689434
In the last two decades, both the conception and the practice of participatory culture have been transformed by the new affordances enabled by digital, networked, and mobile technologies. This exciting new book explores that transformation by bringing together three leading figures in conversation. Jenkins, Ito and boyd examine the ways in which our personal and professional lives are shaped by experiences interacting with and around emerging media. Stressing the social and cultural contexts of participation, the authors describe the process of diversification and mainstreaming that has transformed participatory culture. They advocate a move beyond individualized personal expression and argue for an ethos of “doing it together” in addition to “doing it yourself.” Participatory Culture in a Networked Era will interest students and scholars of digital media and their impact on society and will engage readers in a broader dialogue and conversation about their own participatory practices in this digital age.
Author : Lorenzo Cantoni
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 48,41 MB
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110271354
The primary goal of the Communication and Technology volume (5th within the series "Handbooks of Communication Science") is to provide the reader with a comprehensive compilation of key scholarly literature, identifying theoretical issues, emerging concepts, current research, specialized methods, and directions for future investigations. The internet and web have become the backbone of many new communication technologies, often transforming older communication media, through digitization, to make them compatible with the net. Accordingly, this volume focuses on internet/web technologies. The essays cover various infrastructure technologies, ranging from different kinds of hard-wired elements to a range of wireless technologies such as WiFi, mobile telephony, and satellite technologies. Audio/visual communication is discussed with reference to large-format motion pictures, medium-sized television and video formats, and the small-screen mobile smartphone. There is also coverage of audio-only media, such as radio, music, and voice telephony; text media, in such venues as online newspapers, blogs, discussion forums and mobile texting; and multi-media technologies, such as games and virtual reality.
Author : Howard Rheingold
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 24,99 MB
Release : 2000-10-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262261104
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.
Author : Kadir Deligöz
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 39,75 MB
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1527590879
Communities are one of the most important factors affecting consumer decisions. The final phase of the concept of community with developing technology and globalization is virtual communities. As this book argues, the subject of virtual communities and how they are changing is also now more relevant than ever before for students, as they will be the future managers and business owners who have to grapple with the effects of the changes in behaviour. This text provides detailed information about the definition, features, and types of virtual communities, and will stimulate academics, students and especially business owners to conduct more research in this field.
Author : El Morr, Christo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,96 MB
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1522529594
Virtual communities have gained popularity in many growing fields and have continued to expand into healthcare environments. Analyzing the impact these communities have can help provide more effective methods to support patients and community members. Novel Applications of Virtual Communities in Healthcare Settings is a crucial scholarly reference source that examines the challenges virtual communities can face, as well as the advantages they provide to members of healthcare organizations. Featuring pertinent topics that include evaluation frameworks, disaster management, knowledge translation, and user engagement, this book is ideal for medical practitioners, academicians, students, and healthcare researchers that are interested in taking part in the latest discussions of virtual communities within medical fields.
Author : Eduardo Rodriguez
Publisher : Academic Conferences Limited
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,12 MB
Release : 2014-09-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 1910309486
Author : Asher Rospigliosi
Publisher : Academic Conferences Limited
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 34,67 MB
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ISBN : 1910309281
