Social computing and virtual communities/

Other Authors: Ζαφύρης, Παναγιώτης, Ang, Chee Siang
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, c2010
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical foundations of social computing and virtual communities / Charalambos Vrasidas and George Veletsianos
  • An overview of social networks / Gindo Tampubolon
  • Research methods 2.0 : doing research using virtual communities / Paul Cairns, Mark Blythe
  • E-learning communities / Andrew Laghos
  • Technology-enhanced health communities : research on the use of social computing application by both the sick and the well / Laura Slaughter, Aksel Tjora, Anne-Grete Sandaunet
  • Online support communities / Ulrike Pfeil
  • Online content sharing / Masahiro Hamasaki ... [et al.]
  • From online familiarity to offline trust : how a virtual community creates familiarity and trust between strangers / Paula Bialski and Dominik Batorski
  • Second Life, immersion, and learning / Diane Carr and Marin Oliver
  • Residency, relationships and responsibility : the social side of World of Warcraft / David White
  • Perceiving an internet community as a "utopia" : beliefs, norms and resistance among older Chinese / Bo Xie
  • Social network sites : an explortation of features and diversity / Mike Thelwall and David Stuart.