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Intelligent Support for Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Virtual communities where people with common interests and goals communicate, share resources, and construct knowledge, are currently one of the fastest growing web environments.
Kleanthous Loizou, Styliani
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A Communication Virtual Machine [PDF]

open access: yes30th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'06), 2006
The convergence of data, voice and multimedia communication over digital networks, coupled with continuous improvement in network capacity and reliability has significantly enriched the ways we communicate. However, the stovepipe approach used to develop today?s communication applications and tools results in rigid technology, limited utility, lengthy ...
Yi Deng 0001   +6 more
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Organization of Virtual Communities [PDF]

open access: yes2006 Semantics, Knowledge and Grid, Second International Conference on, 2006
Locating suitable resources within a Grid system is a computationally intensive process, with no guarantee of quality and suitability of the discovered resources. An alternative approach is to categorize resources based on the services they provide -- leading to the interaction of peers with common goals to form societies/communities.
Asif Akram, Rob Allan
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Social networks in transnational and virtual communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
There has been extensive research on social networks but little is known about why some communities survive and some disintegrate. This paper provides a framework to explain similarities in many types of communities.
Sudweeks, F.   +3 more
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Knowledge creation in virtual communities – Exploring practices in open source software hacker communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper offers an exploratory conceptual and theoretical examination of knowledge creation within virtual communities of hackers. By distinguishing between different types of virtual communities, we argue that hacker communities involved in free and ...
Sarma, Meera, Matheus, Thomas
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Direct Communication versus Virtual Communication in Virtual Teams

open access: yesProcedia Technology, 2014
AbstractSeveral studies suggest that computer-mediated communication can lead to decreases in group effectiveness and reduce satisfaction levels in terms of trust and comfort of its users. Supported by an experiment, where the emotional or affective aspects of communication were tested with the experimentation of two architectures, Direct Communication
Gonçalves, Patrícia   +4 more
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Complex Learning Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
A new breed of learning community which is driven by the need to generate learning, creativity and economic capacity is emerging as a result of the demands of the Information Society.
McDonald, D.M.
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The model of tourist virtual community members engagement management

open access: yesBusiness: Theory and Practice, 2015
Building numerous and active virtual tourist communities involved in the tourist brand, connected with product, attraction or travel destination is a significant challenge for a dynamic and competitive tourist market.
Krzysztof Stepaniuk
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Social risks of internet activity of virtual communities

open access: yesЦифровая социология, 2023
The article studies a phenomenon of Internet activism of virtual communities, identifies their essence and characteristics, and analyzes possible social risks of their activities.
N. S. Zimova, E. V. Fomin
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Ethnonational discourse of migrants in social networks on the example of Tajik and Kyrgyz virtual communities on VK

open access: yesЦифровая социология, 2023
The use of Russian-language social networks by migrants from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, primarily on VK, has increased significantly in recent years. This network has enabled easy communication both within and between ethnic communities.
T. N. Yudina, D. A. Besfamilnyi
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