Online communities are the gatherings of like-minded people, brought together in cyberspace by shared interests. The shared interest has hidden social capital aspects and can be o...
S. S. Phulari, S. D. Khamitkar, N. K. Deshmukh, P....
Online communities are connecting hordes of individuals and generating rich social network data. The social capital that resides within these networks is largely unknown. We propo...
In online learning, communities can help to enhance learning. However, because of the dynamic nature of communities, attaining and sustaining these communities can be difficult. On...
Sibren Fetter, Adriana J. Berlanga, Peter B. Sloep
In this paper, we describe the identity policy decisions for a community network outside of Boston, Massachusetts. To promote trust and accountability, a member's online iden...
This paper considers the theory of social capital and volunteerism in an online gaming community, the Internet Chess Club (ICC). We discuss how increased social capital provides b...