216682622

Virtual communities : bowling alone, online together / Felicia Wu Song

New York, NY [u.a.] : Lang, 2009

XVII, 178 S. ; 23 cm

Digital formations ; 54

Literaturvezr. S. [155] - 171

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-171) and index. - The virtual community -- A high-stakes battle : the context of virtual communities -- A cultural topography of virtual communities : the rough terrain of autonomy and control -- An alternative framework for understanding virtual communities -- The institutional landscape : the market of virtual communities -- The evolving landscape of virtual communities -- Technology, the self, and the market : eyeing the horizons of a brave new democracy -- Epilogue

1-4331-0395-8 ; 978-1-4331-0396-4 ; 1-4331-0396-6 ; 978-1-4331-0395-7

AP 18420

 

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