Not exactly what you requested, but this does review fundamental dimensions of offline and online communities, and does discuss influences on online community characteristics: Katz, J. E., Rice, R. E., Acord, S., Dasgupta, K., & David, K. (2004). Personal mediated communication and the concept of community in theory and practice. In P. Kalbfleisch (Ed.), Communication and community, communication yearbook 28 (pp. 315-370). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. ====================================== Ronald E. Rice Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication Co-Director, Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media President of the International Communication Association 2006-2007 Fulbright Professor, Finland 2006 Dept. of Communication, 4840 Ellison Hall University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020 ph: 805-893-8696; fax: 805-893-7102 rrice@comm.ucsb.edu http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/rice_flash.htm http://www.cftnm.ucsb.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellie Wix" <elliewix@gmail.com> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:13 PM Subject: [Air-l] internet community breakups
I'm doing an independent study this semester on the breakup of Internet communities, which I've called (for the project) Internet community dissolution. I've been able to find plenty of articles on Internet communities and relationships, etc, but I haven't seen any on this topic.
How is this topic generally phrased in the lit? I came up with absolutely no results when I tried searching for it in various forms in my library's (pathetic) database. Can anyone point me in the direction of where to look or specific articles on this?
Also, while I'm here, are there any articles out there that address the definition and types of internet communities? I could list them all out from my personal experiences, but I'd like to have something published to back up what I say.
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