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Technical, social, and legal issues in virtual communities emerging environments /

"This book examines a variety of issues related to virtual communities and social networking, addressing issues related to team identification, leader-member issues, social networking for education, participation in social networks, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Dasgupta, Subhasish, 1966-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
Subjects:
Electronic villages (Computer networks)
Online social networks.
Virtual reality.
Business models
Social networks
Customization of e-services
Gender differences
Geographic information networks
Job searching
Massive multi-player online role playing
Video blogging
Youth interaction
Online Access:Chapter PDFs via platform:
Table of Contents:
  • Use and participation in virtual social networks: a theoretical model / Margherita Pagani, Charles F. Hofacker
  • Effects of computer self efficacy on the use and adoption of online social networking / Lionel Mew, William H. Money
  • Team identification, team performance and leader-member exchange relationships in virtual groups: findings from massive multi-player online role play games / Daniel M. Eveleth, Alex B. Eveleth
  • Geographic information networks in American Indian governments and communities / Mark H. Palmer, Jack Hanney
  • Understanding the video bloggers' community / John Warmbrodt ... [et al.]
  • Analysis of students' engagement and activities in a virtual learning community: a social network methodology / Ben Daniel, Richard A. Schwier
  • Social identity in Facebook community life / Shaoke Zhang, Hao Jiang, John M. Carroll
  • The Role of Virtual Communities in the Customization of e-Services / Bill Karakostas, Dimitris K. Kardaras, Adéla Zichová
  • Explaining job searching through social networking sites: a structural equation model approach / Norazah Mohd Suki, T. Ramayah, Michelle Kow Pei Ming
  • Should employees accept their boss's Facebook 'friend' request?: examining gender and cultural differences / Katherine Karl, Joy Peluchette, Christopher Schlaegel
  • Business models for on-line social networks: challenges and opportunities / Omer Rana, Simon Caton
  • Occupational networking as a form of professional identification: the case of highly-skilled IT contractors / Katerina Voutsina
  • Tracing community life across virtual settlements / Demosthenes Akoumianakis
  • The impact of social networking websites on the education of youth / Sunitha Kuppuswamy, P. B. Shankar Narayan
  • A cross-cultural examination of student attitudes and gender differences in Facebook profile content / Katherine Karl, Joy Peluchette, Christopher Schlagel
  • Networking identities: geographies of interaction and computer mediated communication / Lhoussain Simour
  • Computational trust in SocialWeb: concepts, elements, and implications / Kiyana Zolfaghar, Abdollah Aghaie
  • Impact of social networking on college students: a comparative study in India and the Netherlands / Rajalakshmi Kanagavel, Chandrasekharan Velayutham
  • Managing collaborative research networks: the dual life of a virtual community of practice / Dimitrina Dimitrova
  • Some research challenges for studies of virtual communities using on-line tells / Chris Kimble.

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