| Description |
xxii, 504 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. I. New Media, Communities, and Social Practice: An Introductory Tutorial -- Ch. II. Conditions and Key Success Factors for the Management of Communities of Practice -- Ch. III. The Search for 'Hidden' Virtual Communities of Practice: Some Preliminary Premises -- Ch. IV. The Generative Potential of Appreciative Inquiry for CoP: The Virtual Enterprise's Emergent Knowledge Model -- Ch. V. The Role of Participatory Design in Constructing the Virtual Knowledge Commons -- Ch. VI. The 'Social Experience Factory' and the Fabrics of Collaboration in Virtual Communities of Practice -- Ch. VII. Social TV: Building Virtual Communities to Enhance the Digital Interactive Television Viewing Experience -- Ch. VIII. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Visualization within Virtual Communities -- Ch. IX. GRIDS in Community Settings -- Ch. X. Socializing in an Online Gaming Community: Social Interaction in World of Warcraft -- Ch. XI. Social Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services -- Ch. XII. Virtual Community Practice Toolkits Using 3D Imaging Technologies -- Ch. XIII. Using Activity Theory to Assess the Effectiveness of an Online Learning Community: A Case Study in Remote Collaboration Using a 3D Virtual Environment -- Ch. XIV. Interaction, Imagination and Community Building at the Math Forum -- Ch. XV. Designing Practice-Oriented Interactive Vocabularies for Workflow-Based Virtual CoP -- Ch. XVI. Developing User Interfaces for Community-Oriented Workflow Information Systems -- Ch. XVII. Virtual Communities in Health and Social Care -- Ch. XVIII. Research Communities in Context: Trust, Independence, and Technology in Professional Communities -- Ch. XIX. Enabling Virtual Music Performance Communities -- Ch. XX. Sustainable E-Learning Communities -- Ch. XXI. Cross-Organization Virtual CoPs in E-Tourism: Assembling Information-Based Products -- Ch. XXII. Social Interactive Media and Virtual Community Practices: Retrospective and an R&D Agenda |
| Summary |
"This book makes a step toward an improved understanding of existing literature, prevalent practice and future trends related to community thinking, virtual practices and their intertwining with new technologies and social media"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Online social networks -- Case studies.
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Internet -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Akoumianakis, Demosthenes, 1966-
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| LC no. |
2008047747 |
| ISBN |
9781605663401 hardcover |
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