Amy Bruckman has addressed the dissolution of a virtual community, see: Bruckman, A. & Jensen, C. (2002). The mystery of the death of Mediamoo: Seven years of evolution of an online community In K. A. Renninger & W. Shumar, Building Virtual Communities: Learning and Change in Cyberspace (pp. 21-33). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Michelle Kazmer addresses a slightly aspect -- is the process of leaving -- 'disengaging' -- from virtual communities. Kazmer, M. M. (in press). Beyond C U L8R: Disengaging from online social worlds. New Media and Society. Haythornthwaite, C., Kazmer, M. M., Robins, J. & Shoemaker, S. (2000). Community development among distance learners: Temporal and technological dimensions. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6(1). http://www. ascusc. org/jcmc/vol6/issue1/haythornthwaite. html /Caroline ---- Original message ----
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:13:28 -0600 From: "Ellie Wix" <elliewix@gmail.com> Subject: [Air-l] internet community breakups To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
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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