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Author Song, Felicia Wu.

Title Virtual communities : bowling alone, online together / Felicia Wu Song
Published New York : Peter Lang, [2009]
©2009

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 MELB  302.30285 Son/Vcb  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 178 pages ; 23 cm
Series Digital formations, 1526-3169 ; v. 54
Digital formations ; v. 54
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-171) and index
Subject Communities -- Philosophy.
Computers and civilization.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Internet -- Social aspects.
Online social networks.
LC no. 2009016510
ISBN 1433103958 (paperback: alk. paper)
1433103966 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781433103957 (paperback: alk. paper)
9781433103964 (hardcover : alk. paper)