Abstract This thesis studies online community as a discursive phenomenon and as an experience. The ethnographic approach employed in this study allows the open exploration of meanings and experiences associated with community by site members, designers and outside commentators in three online environments. Extensive participant observation is supplemented by interviews, surveys and analysis of the interaction surrounding the topic of community. Nexus analysis provides an understanding of social action as the intermingling of historical bodies, interaction orders and discourses embedded in the scene of action. The thesis argues that the concept of community functions as a boundary object, taking different meanings in each context it is empl...
The aim of this paper is to study interaction patterns among the members of a community of practice ...
How identity is communicated in forum-based Virtual Communities of Consumption (VCCs) and the role o...
How to conceptualize online sociability in the 21st century? To answer this question, Communities at...
The article focuses on phenomenon of virtual communities. The author considers if communities functi...
The thesis is focused on the possibilities that exist for crossing or even transcending the boundary...
Abstract This article discusses the meaning and function of “community” as a discourse on the image...
This article discusses the meaning and function of “community” as a discourse on the image-sharing w...
This paper overviews scientific narratives surrounding communities and networks both off- and online...
The goal of this study was to better understand the life in an intra-organizational online community...
The aim of this thesis, “Conflict Sequences and Social Structures in Online Communication: A Case St...
This article discusses the meaning and function of “community” as a discourse on the image-sharing ...
This paper explores the concept of online community. It is divided into three main sections. The fir...
Preece et al. examine the nature of social interaction in online communities and address sociability...
Based on a corpus of internet discussions on medical topics, this study examines the social dimensio...
Virtual exchange comprises online collaborative activities in facilitated, educational contexts acro...
The aim of this paper is to study interaction patterns among the members of a community of practice ...
How identity is communicated in forum-based Virtual Communities of Consumption (VCCs) and the role o...
How to conceptualize online sociability in the 21st century? To answer this question, Communities at...
The article focuses on phenomenon of virtual communities. The author considers if communities functi...
The thesis is focused on the possibilities that exist for crossing or even transcending the boundary...
Abstract This article discusses the meaning and function of “community” as a discourse on the image...
This article discusses the meaning and function of “community” as a discourse on the image-sharing w...
This paper overviews scientific narratives surrounding communities and networks both off- and online...
The goal of this study was to better understand the life in an intra-organizational online community...
The aim of this thesis, “Conflict Sequences and Social Structures in Online Communication: A Case St...
This article discusses the meaning and function of “community” as a discourse on the image-sharing ...
This paper explores the concept of online community. It is divided into three main sections. The fir...
Preece et al. examine the nature of social interaction in online communities and address sociability...
Based on a corpus of internet discussions on medical topics, this study examines the social dimensio...
Virtual exchange comprises online collaborative activities in facilitated, educational contexts acro...
The aim of this paper is to study interaction patterns among the members of a community of practice ...
How identity is communicated in forum-based Virtual Communities of Consumption (VCCs) and the role o...
How to conceptualize online sociability in the 21st century? To answer this question, Communities at...