Social computing and virtual communities
By: Panayiotis Zaphiris, and Chee Siang Ang, editors.
Contributors: Zaphiris, Panayiotis.; Ang, Chee Siang.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781420090420
Subjects: Human-computer interaction; Internet -- Social aspects; Computer networks -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical foundations of social computing and virtual communities / Charalambos Vrasidas and George Veletsianos; title: An overview of social networks / Gindo Tampubolon; title: You methods 2.0 : doing research using virtual communities / Paul Cairns, Mark Blythe; title: E-learning communities / Andrew Laghos; title: 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; title: Online support communities / Ulrike Pfeil; title: Online content sharing / Masahiro Hamasaki ... [et al.]; title: Familiar strangers : trust and social navigation in a community that functions online and offline / Paula Bialski and Dominik Batorski; title: Immersion, learning and Second Life / Diane Carr and Marin Oliver; title: Residency, relationships and responsibility : the social side of World of Warcraft / David White; title: Internet community as a "utopia" : beliefs, norms and resistance among older Chinese / Bo Xie; title: Social network sites : an explortation of features and diversity / Mike Thelwall and David Stuart.