CA346- Critical Internet Studies

 

Virtual Communities

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Virtual Communities Group Practicum Project

 

  1. Virtual Communities Group Practicum Project
    1. Message Board
    2. Group members
      1. Social MOO
      2. Second Life
      3. Media Fandom Communities
      4. Special Interest Communities
    3. Sources

 

Message Board

 

Wondering how to begin an ethnography of your virtual community? Read this essay as an example of what kinds of questions you might ask. It describes what an internet ethnography is and gives an example analysis of a virtual community called Cybercity. Denise Carter, "Living in Virtual Communities: An ethnography of human relationships in cyberspace." -Megan

 

 

 

 

 

Group members

Once groups have been assigned, your name will be listed under the project in which you are assigned. Use your individual page to keep notes and a log chronicling your research experiences. Each group will also have a wiki page with a message board so that you can communicate with other students who are researching the same topic.

 

Social MOO

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Second Life

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Media Fandom Communities

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Special Interest Communities

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Sources

 

 

  1. Add links here that might be useful for those working on different mediated spaces projects
  2. Online version of Howard Rheingold's 1993 book The Virtual Community. This was one of the early works that explored the idea of virtual communities. Rheingold has been described as an Internet utopianist.

 

I found this article by a professor at the Stockholm University that gives short but good reasons on why people use internet forums. Hope it helps- Brandon

This article discusses a few topic surrounding Internet Communities such as whether information in a forum is thought to be private to the people interacting or whether the information can be ethically used by those researching various topics- Brandon

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