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This special issue revisits the concept of online communities within the contemporary media landscape. Defined as any virtual space where people come together with others to converse, exchange information or other resources, learn, play, or just be with ...
Hikaru Yamamoto
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Online communities in the study of political communication
Online communities in the study of political communication are a relatively new research field. Within its framework, independent thematic sections are developing, which in many respects remain fragmented due to the insufficient systematization.
K. A. Platonov, N. I. Legostaeva
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The chapter describes the basic tenets of online communities, their typology and their fundamental elements with a view of informing ways in which people can get to participate online, something that those individuals or organizations dealing with e-governance initiatives also aim at.
Anna-Carolin Weber, Tobias Kopka
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Online health communities [PDF]
Online health communities provide a means for patients and their families to learn about an illness, seek and offer support, and connect with others in similar circumstances. They are supported by a variety of technologies (e.g., email lists, forums, chat rooms) and are hosted by patients, advocacy groups, medical organizations, and corporations.
Neil, Lisa +6 more
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Cross-Regional Sentiment Analysis of VKontakte Communities: Typical Krasnodar vs. Typical Kemerovo
This research tested a complex analytical method based on semantic modeling of discursive fields and network analysis that can be applied to networked linguistic data.
Natalia A. Ryabchenko, Olga P. Malysheva
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Distributed leadership, trust and online communities [PDF]
This paper analyses the role of distributed leadership and trust in online communities. The team-based informal ethos of online collaboration requires a different kind of leadership from that in formal positional hierarchies.
C. Handy +10 more
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Traditional mental health services are often not enough to meet the needs of people at risk for suicide, especially in populations where help-seeking is stigmatized.
Michelle Colder Carras +2 more
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Assessing gage: an online tool for improving gender visibility in STEMM
Women continue to be underrepresented and less visible in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). 500 Women Scientists created and launched in January 2018 a global (>140 countries to date), online, open-access ...
Elizabeth A. McCullagh +9 more
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Emergent Transportation “Platforms” in Latin America: Online Communities and Their Governance Models
New models of peer governance are emerging from online communities in the Global South. This is visible in an understudied case of ridesharing “platforms” created on social media communities and materializing in Latin American cities.
Luis H. Lozano-Paredes
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Social Media in Urologic Healthcare: Transforming Treatment, Management, and Online Medical Communication [PDF]
Digital technologies and social media have fundamentally reshaped healthcare communication and the accessibility of medical information. This review examines the role of social media in urologic care, focusing particularly on its impact on treatment ...
Jung Eun Yu +2 more
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