Title: Virtual communities : bowling alone, online together /
Authors: Song, Felicia Wu
Publisher: Peter Lang,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Online social networks; Internet Social aspects; Communities Philosophy; Computers and civilization.; Information technology Social aspects
Contents: The virtual community -- A high-stakes battle : the context of virtual communities -- A cultural topography of virtual communities : the rough terrain of autonomy and control -- An alternative framework for understanding virtual communities -- The institutional landscape : the market of virtual communities -- The evolving landscape of virtual communities -- Technology, the self, and the market : eyeing the horizons of a brave new democracy -- Epilogue.