Handbook of research on methods and techniques for studying virtual communities
Handbook of research on methods and techniques for studying virtual communities paradigms and phenomena / [electronic resource] :
Ben Kei Daniel, editor.
- Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.
- electronic texts (765 p.) : ill., digital files.
Includes bibliographical references.
Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
"This book satisfies the need for methodological consideration and tools for data collection, analysis and presentation in virtual communities, covering studies on various types of virtual communities, making this reference a comprehensive source of research for those in the social sciences and humanities"--Provided by publisher.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781609600419 (ebook)
10.4018/978-1-60960-040-2 doi
Electronic villages (Computer networks)--Social aspects.
Online social networks.
Internet--Social aspects.
Blended communities Conversation analysis Distributed communities of practice Immersive virtual ethnography Mapping electronic conversations Methods for evaluating online discussions Modeling social interactions in online communities Quantitative content analysis of online interactions Semantic social network analysis Virtual geodemographics
Electronic books.
TK5105.83 / .H36 2011eb
303.48/34
Includes bibliographical references.
Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
"This book satisfies the need for methodological consideration and tools for data collection, analysis and presentation in virtual communities, covering studies on various types of virtual communities, making this reference a comprehensive source of research for those in the social sciences and humanities"--Provided by publisher.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781609600419 (ebook)
10.4018/978-1-60960-040-2 doi
Electronic villages (Computer networks)--Social aspects.
Online social networks.
Internet--Social aspects.
Blended communities Conversation analysis Distributed communities of practice Immersive virtual ethnography Mapping electronic conversations Methods for evaluating online discussions Modeling social interactions in online communities Quantitative content analysis of online interactions Semantic social network analysis Virtual geodemographics
Electronic books.
TK5105.83 / .H36 2011eb
303.48/34