Book Review: Virtual Communities, Social Networks and Collaboration

Webology

关键词: Virtual communities;    Social media;    Social networking;    Social collaboration;    Social awareness;    Online communities;    Knowledge sharing;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This book tries to cover all aspects of virtual communities among virtual participants through a collection of inclusive, informative and far-reaching of 13 chapters and 239 pages including preface, a comprehensive table of contents, references and contributors. Comprehensive surveys on the topic of virtual communities, social networks and collaboration are presented in this series. The book is the volume 15 of Annals of Information Systems as an international project of 8 countries. "Ramesh Sharda" and "Stefan Voß" are the main series editors. This book is as an excellent interdisciplinary source of comprehensive knowledge and literature topics related to virtual communities, social networks, and collaboration. It is highly recommended to all librarians, information scientists, social network analysts, researchers, social activists, policymakers, legislators, social decision makers and various professionals due to professional discussions about technical problems of technology application and social issues arising from it. The book provides a great framework for thinking about impacts of technology, online communities and social networks on peoples' life. Moreover, mentioned topics can inform readers of conventional challenges about virtual communities.

【 授权许可】

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