Virtual community practices and social interactive media technology lifecycle and workflow analysis /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Akoumianakis, Demosthenes, 1966-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Online social networks > Case studies.; Internet > Case studies. > Social aspects; Community-oriented workflow information systems; New media and social practice; Social interactive media; Social TV; Social visualization; Sustainable e-learning communities; Virtual communities of practice; Virtual community practices in e-health; Virtual knowledge commons
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxii, 504 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781605663418 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

In recent years, virtual communities have attracted the attention of scientists and researchers across a variety of disciplines as the cross-disciplinary nature of the field creates the potential for a wider impact than initially intended or anticipated. This book provides an analysis of virtual communities, explaining their lifecycle in terms of maturity-based models and workflows, and reflecting upon key results of research and development projects within online groups.