Virtual communities [electronic resource] : concepts, methodologies, tools and applications / Information Resources Management Association, editor.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.Description: electronic texts (2669 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781609601010 (ebook)
- Online social networks
- Electronic villages (Computer networks)
- Human-computer interaction
- Internet -- Social aspects
- Virtual reality -- Social aspects
- Applications of virtual communities
- Behavior in virtual communities
- Communities of practice
- Digital divide
- Education in virtual communities
- Privacy and security in virtual worlds
- Social computing
- Social software
- Trust in virtual communities
- User interface design
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- HM742 .V566 2011eb
- Also available in print.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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"This reference book thoroughly investigates the development, design, and utilization of virtual organizations and communities and the resulting impact of these venues by focusing on research on the foundation and future of social networking, human-computer interaction, and innumerable applications of virtual worlds"--Provided by publisher.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed Dec. 7, 2010).