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Virtual communities, a typology
Web Intelligence, 2017Virtual communities are complex systems interweaving technical and human aspects. We propose here to identify usual functions provided by virtual communities and define a typology based on the common objects or goals shared by their users. The papers included in this special issue show some examples of research works lead in some of these categories of
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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, 2009
As virtual communities (VCs) become prevalent and sophisticated, various kinds of VCs have emerged. Participation is a key factor that decides whether a VC can survive in long run. The more understanding about the members of the VC, the better promotion of the participation can be planned.
Eunyoung Cheon, JoongHo Ahn
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As virtual communities (VCs) become prevalent and sophisticated, various kinds of VCs have emerged. Participation is a key factor that decides whether a VC can survive in long run. The more understanding about the members of the VC, the better promotion of the participation can be planned.
Eunyoung Cheon, JoongHo Ahn
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Types of Virtual Communities and Virtual Brand Communities
2015Virtual communities have evolved considerably since they began. They have gone from being news groups and chat rooms to communities of people with strong bonds, diverse media for maintaining contact, and even with power in their sectors of interest. Virtual communities help their members overcome the sensation of isolation and allow them to maintain ...
Francisco J. Martínez-López +3 more
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Leadership in a virtual community
International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2010Recent research into online education in the USA reports that a majority of higher education institutions consider online education integral to their long-term goals. Online education has expanded the scope of traditional brick-and-mortar institutions to anytime access. Faculty who teach online can be drawn from a worldwide community of experts.
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Evolution of Virtual Communities
2009As the capabilities of technologies are enhanced and users become diversified, virtual communities have evolved from BBS to a new phenomena—virtual world. This study describes the evolution of VCs in three generations by three dimensions. Facing new challenges in new VC generation, VC platform providers need to adopt new approaches. The authors discuss
Eunyoung Cheon, JoongHo Ahn
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Minitrack "Virtual Communities"
2007 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007Virtual Communities have been studied from a variety of perspectives. Examples range from communities of interest to communities of practice, from gaming communities to communities of transaction. More specifically, community building and community management may be factors of key success in the digital economy.
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The nature of virtual communities
AI & SOCIETY, 2006The impressive development of electronic communication techniques has given rise to virtual communities. The nature of these computer-mediated communities has been the subject of much recent debate. Are they ordinary social groups in electronic form, or are they fundamentally different from traditional communities?
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The Internet communication environment (ICE)-virtual university as virtual community
International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings., 2003Our experiences and research in the field have shown, that students working collaboratively are more successful than students working alone. Therefore, it should be a logical consequence to install collaboration as key factor in a distance study environment.
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Communications through Virtual Technologies
2002The evolution of technology in support to the Knowledge Society of the years 2000s will be driven by three dominant trends: a) increase of richness and completeness of communications towards "Immersive Virtual Telepresence" (IVT), including an increased attention to the aspects of human perception and of person-machine interaction; b) increasingly ...
VATALARO, FRANCESCO +4 more
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