| Description |
xxiv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Getting Acquainted with Online Communities -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Community Tours -- 3. Sociability: Purpose, People, and Policies -- 4. Usability: Tasks, Users, and Software -- 5. Research Speaks to Practice: Interpersonal Communication -- 6. Research Speaks to Practice: Groups -- Pt. 2. Developing Online Communities -- 7. Community-Centered Development -- 8. Selecting Software -- 9. Guidelines: Sociability and Usability -- 10. Assessing Needs and Evaluating Communities -- 11. Development Case Studies -- 12. Looking to the Future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-418) and index |
| Subject |
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Interpersonal communication.
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| LC no. |
00036504 |
| ISBN |
0471805998 (alk. paper) |
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