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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170984603321

Titolo

Communities in cyberspace / / edited by Marc A. Smith and Peter Kollock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-65411-1

1-134-65412-X

0-203-26313-8

1-280-11051-1

0-203-19495-0

Descrizione fisica

ix, 323 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithMarc A. <1965->

KollockPeter

Disciplina

303.48/33

Soggetti

Computer networks - Social aspects

Internet - Social aspects

Interpersonal relations

Social problems

Social control

Technology and civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part Part one Introduction -- chapter 1 Communities in cyberspace -- part Part two Identity -- chapter 2 Identity and deception in the virtual community / Judith S. Donath -- chapter 3 Reading race online -- chapter 4 Writing in the body -- part Part three Social order and control -- chapter 5 Hierarchy and power -- chapter 6 Problems of conflict management in virtual communities / Anna DuVal Smith -- part Part four Community structure and dynamics -- chapter 7 Virtual communities as communities -- chapter 8 Invisible crowds in cyberspace -- chapter 9 The economies of online cooperation -- part Part five Collective action -- chapter 10 The promise and the peril of social action in cyberspace -- chapter 11 Electronic homesteading on the rural frontier -- chapter 12 Cyberspace and disadvantaged



communities.