TY - BOOK AU - Daniel,Ben Kei ED - IGI eBooks. ED - IGI Global. TI - Handbook of research on methods and techniques for studying virtual communities: paradigms and phenomena SN - 9781609600419 (ebook) AV - TK5105.83 .H36 2011eb U1 - 303.48/34 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Hershey, Pa. PB - IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) KW - Electronic villages (Computer networks) KW - Social aspects KW - Online social networks KW - Internet KW - Blended communities KW - Conversation analysis KW - Distributed communities of practice KW - Immersive virtual ethnography KW - Mapping electronic conversations KW - Methods for evaluating online discussions KW - Modeling social interactions in online communities KW - Quantitative content analysis of online interactions KW - Semantic social network analysis KW - Virtual geodemographics KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers; Also available in print N2 - "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 UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-60960-040-2 ER -