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

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 com...

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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.
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245 0 0 |a Virtual community practices and social interactive media  |b technology lifecycle and workflow analysis /  |c Demosthenes Akoumianakis [editor].  |h [electronic resource] : 
260 # # |a Hershey, Pa. :  |b IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  |c c2009. 
300 # # |a electronic texts (xxii, 504 p. : ill.) :  |b digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a New Media, Communities, and Social Practice: An Introductory Tutorial / Demosthenes Akoumianakis -- Conditions and Key Success Factors for the Management of Communities of Practice / Edurne Loyarte, Olga Rivera -- The Search for 'Hidden' Virtual Communities of Practice: Some Preliminary Premises / Richard Ribeiro, Chris Kimble -- The Generative Potential of Appreciative Inquiry for CoP: The Virtual Enterprise's Emergent Knowledge Model / Kam Hou VAT -- The Role of Participatory Design in Constructing the Virtual Knowledge Commons / Natalie Pang -- The 'Social Experience Factory' and the Fabrics of Collaboration in Virtual Communities of Practice / Demosthenes Akoumianakis -- Social TV: Building Virtual Communities to Enhance the Digital Interactive Television Viewing Experience / Evangelia Mantzari, George Lekakos, Adam Vrechopoulos -- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Visualization within Virtual Communities / Diana Schimke, Heidrun Stoeger, Albert Ziegler -- GRIDS in Community Settings / Ioannis Barbounakis, Michalis Zervakis -- Socializing in an Online Gaming Community: Social Interaction in World of Warcraft / Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen, Henry Been Lirn Duh -- Social Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services / Stelios Sfakianakis -- Virtual Community Practice Toolkits Using 3D Imaging Technologies / George Triantafyllidis, Nikolaos Grammalidis, Dimitiros Tzovaras -- 
505 0 # |a Using Activity Theory to Assess the Effectiveness of an Online Learning Community: A Case Study in Remote Collaboration Using a 3D Virtual Environment / Theodor G. Wyeld, Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland -- Interaction, Imagination and Community Building at the Math Forum / Wesley Shumar -- Designing Practice-Oriented Interactive Vocabularies for Workflow-Based Virtual CoP / Demosthenes Akoumianakis ... [et al.] -- Developing User Interfaces for Community-Oriented Workflow Information Systems / Josefina Guerrero García, Jean Vanderdonckt, Juan Manuel González Calleros -- Virtual Communities in Health and Social Care / Manolis Tsiknakis -- Research Communities in Context: Trust, Independence, and Technology in Professional Communities / Dimitrina Dimitrova, Emmanuel Koku -- Enabling Virtual Music Performance Communities / Chrisoula Alexandraki, Nikolas Valsamakis -- Sustainable E-Learning Communities / Chris Stary -- Cross-Organization Virtual CoPs in E-Tourism: Assembling Information-Based Products / Nikolas Vidakis ... [et al.] -- Social Interactive Media and Virtual Community Practices: Retrospective and an R&D Agenda / Demosthenes Akoumianakis. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
520 3 # |a 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. 
530 # # |a Also available in print. 
538 # # |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
588 # # |a Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 26, 2010). 
650 # 0 |a Online social networks  |v Case studies. 
650 # 0 |a Internet  |v Case studies.  |x Social aspects 
653 # # |a Community-oriented workflow information systems 
653 # # |a New media and social practice 
653 # # |a Social interactive media 
653 # # |a Social TV 
653 # # |a Social visualization 
653 # # |a Sustainable e-learning communities 
653 # # |a Virtual communities of practice 
653 # # |a Virtual community practices in e-health 
653 # # |a Virtual knowledge commons 
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