The Virtual Community, revised edition

The Virtual Community, revised edition

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780262681216
Untertitel:
Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
Autor:
Howard Rheingold
Herausgeber:
MIT Press
Auflage:
Revised edition
Anzahl Seiten:
480
Erscheinungsdatum:
23.10.2000
ISBN:
0262681218

Informationen zum Autor Howard Rheingold Klappentext Rheingold tours the "virtual community" of online networking and describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community. Rheingold contends people relate to each other online much the same as they do in physical communities. Zusammenfassung Howard Rheingold tours the "virtual community" of online networking. Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical communityone where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and dupe others. At the same time that he tells moving stories about people who have received online emotional support during devastating illnesses, he acknowledges a darker side to people's behavior in cyberspace. Indeed, contends Rheingold, people relate to each other online much the same as they do in physical communities. Originally published in 1993, The Virtual Community is more timely than ever. This edition contains a new chapter, in which the author revisits his ideas about online social communication now that so much more of the world's population is wired. It also contains an extended bibliography.

Autorentext
Howard Rheingold

Klappentext
Rheingold tours the "virtual community" of online networking and describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community. Rheingold contends people relate to each other online much the same as they do in physical communities.

Zusammenfassung
Howard Rheingold tours the "virtual community" of online networking.Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community—one where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and dupe others. At the same time that he tells moving stories about people who have received online emotional support during devastating illnesses, he acknowledges a darker side to people's behavior in cyberspace. Indeed, contends Rheingold, people relate to each other online much the same as they do in physical communities. Originally published in 1993, The Virtual Community is more timely than ever. This edition contains a new chapter, in which the author revisits his ideas about online social communication now that so much more of the world's population is wired. It also contains an extended bibliography.


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