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  1. The Virtual Community

    The Virtual Community is a 1993 book about virtual communities by Howard Rheingold, a member of the early network system The WELL. A second edition, with a new concluding chapter, was published in 2000 by MIT Press. The book's discussion ranges from Rheingold's adventures on The WELL, computer-mediated communication and social groups and information science. Technologies cited include Usenet, MUDs and their derivatives MUSHes and MOOs, Internet Relay Chat, chat rooms, and electronic mailing lists. Rheingold also points out the potential benefits for personal psychological well-being, as well as for society at large, of belonging to a virtual community. Wikipedia

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  2. direct.mit.edu

    Howard Rheingold tours the "virtual community" of online networking. Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community—one where people talk, argue, seek information ...
    Author:Howard RheingoldPublished:1994
  3. britannica.com

    virtual community, a group of people, who may or may not meet one another face to face, who exchange words and ideas through the mediation of digital networks.. The first use of the term virtual community appeared in a article by Gene Youngblood written in 1984 but published in 1986 about Electronic Cafe (1984), an art project by artists Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz that connected five ...
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    The Virtual Community is a 1993 book about virtual communities by Howard Rheingold, a member of the early network system The WELL.A second edition, with a new concluding chapter, was published in 2000 by MIT Press. The book's discussion ranges from Rheingold's adventures on The WELL, computer-mediated communication and social groups and information science.
  5. rheingold.com

    Welcome to the online version of Howard Rheingold's The Virtual Community. if you like what you read online, go out and buy a copy of the ink-and-dead-trees edition and give it to someone who needs to read this. Thanks! Your support will help me spend more time cooking up stuff to post here. Introduction; Chapter One: The Heart of the WELL
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    A virtual community is a social network of individuals who connect through specific social media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals. Some of the most pervasive virtual communities are online communities operating under social networking services.
  7. openlibrary.org

    Jul 23, 2024The virtual community. Edit "Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community - one where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and ...
  8. researchgate.net

    The Virtual Community remains one of the most commonly discussed texts on the subject, and as such remains required reading for anyone interested in online sociability. Discover the world's ...
  9. rheingold.com

    The ways I've witnessed people in the virtual community I know best build value, help each other through hard times, solve (and fail to solve) vexing interpersonal problems together, offer a model--undoubtedly not an infallible one--of the kinds of social changes that virtual communities can make in real lives on a modestly local scale. Some ...
  10. books.google.com

    Howard Rheingold tours the "virtual community" of online networking.Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community—one where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and dupe others.
  11. mightynetworks.com

    Apr 9, 2024A virtual community creates a space of shared vision, but it also creates what Charles Tilley calls a " trust network. " A trust network means that a shared social network creates trust. This trust is what economists call an " institution "--or, in plain English, people can do business in a community because they feel safe and trust ...

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