The virtual community
homesteading on the electronic frontier
by Howard Rheingold and Howard Rheingold
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"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 expanded bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.
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Computer networks, Internet, Social aspects, Social aspects of Computer networks, Social aspects of Internet, Bulletinboards, Cyberspace, Zukunft, Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung, Computernetwerken, Aspect social, Sociale aspecten, Réseaux d'ordinateurs, Informationsgesellschaft, Politieke aspecten, Réseaux d'information, Internet (Computer network), Aspects sociaux, Internet (Réseau d'ordinateurs), Ordinateurs, Réseaux d', UE/CE Etats membres, Internet, social aspects, Elektronische postShowing 4 featured editions. View all 11 editions?
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The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
November 1, 2000, The MIT Press
Paperback
in English
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The virtual community: finding connection in a computerized world
1994, Secker & Warburg
in English
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The virtual community: homesteading on the electronic frontier
1994, HarperPerennial
in English
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The virtual community: homesteading on the electronic frontier
1993, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
Hardcover
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-306) and index.
"A William Patrick book."
Published simultaneously in Canada.
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