I used a case study approach in a paper The Internet and the Large Group that was published in Group Analysis a few years back: Davidson, B. (1998) The Internet and the Large Group Group Analysis 31[4] pp.457-471 http://www.bendavidson.co.uk/professional_pages/publications/articles/lrgegr p.htm Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "geert lovink" <geert@desk.nl> To: <air-l@aoir.org> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:23 AM Subject: [Air-l] case studies of mailinglists
Dear Air-l,
for my PhD at the University of Melbourne I have recently written a few case studies of mailinglist communities. Now I am winding up this project and for the introduction and conclusion I would like to refer to a few similar case studies, but I can't find all that many of them. Does anyone have a suggestion? It could be studies about virtual communities but that's perhaps a bit too broad. I am in particularly interested in internal dynamics and issues of sustainability. Any reference is most welcome.
BTW. I do like the (new) afterword Howard Rheingold wrote for his Virtual Community book which MIT Press reprinted recently. I am not sure how welknown this text is. It's a good and honest reassessment of his passions.
Yours,
Geert Lovink (Sydney)
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