IJWBC
2010
13 years 3 months ago
2010
: Virtual communities play an important part in enabling people with common interests to interact with each other. Current research mostly focuses on the aspects of social interact...
JECR
2002
13 years 4 months ago
2002
This research paper investigates the elements that encouraged people to visit and actively participate in a virtual community, and eventually leading its guests to purchase from i...
CORR
2008
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2008
Springer
This paper examines the possibility of discovering 'hidden' (potential) Communities of Practice (CoPs) inside electronic networks, and then using this knowledge to nurtu...
TELECARE
2004
13 years 6 months ago
2004
The virtual community concept, when supported by adequate ICT and organizational infrastructures, represents a very promising approach for a new philosophy in elderly care and acti...
EDUTAINMENT
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
2006
Springer
Abstract. Social navigation in a community of practice (CoP) is an approach of locating information through increased social awareness. Designing support for social navigation requ...
CANDT
2009
13 years 8 months ago
2009
Women are turning to online health groups to deal with the stresses and complications of infertility. Online groups may provide a resource that is potentially absent in their face...
HICSS
2002
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
2002
IEEE
Since its inception, the internet has served as a virtual meeting place for people sharing common interests. These interest groups are nowadays called Virtual Communities. In this...
HICSS
2002
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
2002
IEEE
E-commerce strategists advise companies to create virtual communities for their customers. But what is involved in establishing and maintaining virtual communities? This paper add...
SIGGRAPH
2003
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2003
ACM
Our design goal for OnLive Traveler was to develop a virtual community system that emulates natural social paradigms, allowing the participants to sense a tele-presence, the subje...
HICSS
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2007
IEEE
In recent years, extensive studies of many interesting aspects of virtual community dynamics promoted a better understanding of this area. One of the most challenging problems fac...