..oh I forgot - of course, Beth Kolko and Elizabeth Reid (1998) has an excellent article discussion ethical sides of responsibility and the material vs virtual body - and escaping responsibility by creating just a new character when social relations get problematic, and its effects on the possibility of creating lasting online communities (approximately..!): Kolko, B. and Reid, E. 1998. 'Dissolution and Fragmentation. Problems in Online-Communities.' In S. Jones, ed, Cybersociety 2.0, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Janne At 23:13 22.01.2007 -0600, you wrote:
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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