Social networking communities and e-dating services concepts and implications /

E-dating is now among the largest global e-commerce sectors, allowing for interaction that was once not possible. Despite its dominance in the e-commerce market and society, it is almost completely absent from the information systems research literature. This book rectifies the absence of e-dating l...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Romm-Livermore, Celia, 1954-, Setzekorn, Kristina.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Individual Differences in Social Networking Site Adoption / Harsha Gangadharbatla
  • Unraveling the Taste Fabric of Social Networks / Hugo Liu, Pattie Maes, Glorianna Davenport
  • Mobile Social Networks: A New Locus of Innovation / Nina D. Ziv
  • Increasing Capital Revenue in Social Networking Communities: Building Social and Economic Relationships through Avatars and Characters / Jonathan Bishop
  • Collective Solitude and Social Networks in World of Warcraft / Nicolas Ducheneaut, Nicholas Yee
  • Collaboration Challenges in Community Telecommunication Networks / Sylvie Albert, Rolland LeBrasseur
  • The Impact of the Internet on Political Activism: Evidence from Europe / Pippa Norris
  • Toward Improved Community-Supporting Systems Design: A Study of Professional Community Activity / Malte Geib ... [et al.]
  • Teens and Social Networking Services: An Overview / Maryann Mori
  • Student Use of Social Media: University Policy and Response / Tamara L. Wandel
  • Facebook Follies: Who Suffers the Most? / Katherine Karl, Joy Peluchette
  • Trust in Social Networking: Definitions from a Global, Cultural Viewpoint / Max Kennedy, Toru Sakaguchi
  • Virtuality and Reality: What Happens When the Two Collide? / Celia Romm-Livermore, Gail Livermore
  • Segmentation Practices of e-Dating / Linda Jane Coleman, Nisreen Bahnan
  • Understanding and Facilitating the Development of Social Networks in Online Dating Communities: A Case Study and Model / Jonathan Bishop
  • E-Dating: The Five Phases on Online Dating / Monica T. Whitty
  • How E-Daters Behave Online: Theory and Empirical Observations / Celia Romm-Livermore ... [et al.]
  • A Trination Analysis of Social Exchange Relationships in E-Dating / Sudhir H. Kale, Mark T. Spence
  • Online Matrimonial Sites and the Transformation of Arranged Marriage in India / Nainika Seth, Ravi Patnayakuni.