These two review chapters will give you some background on online community and references/writers to follow up on. Haythornthwaite, C. (2007). Social networks and online community. In A. Joinson, K. McKenna, U. Reips & T. Postmes (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology (pp. 121-136). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Gruzd, A. & Haythornthwaite, C. (2011). Networking online: Cybercommunities. In J. Scott & P. Carrington (Eds.), Handbook of Social Network Analysis (pp. 167-179). London: Sage. If you are interested in particular in learning communities, you can check my web page for references: https://haythorn.wordpress.com/ /Caroline Caroline Haythornthwaite Professor, School of Information Studies Syracuse University chaythor@syr.edu

On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Spencer P. Greenhalgh <greenha6@msu.edu> wrote:

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Hello all,

I'm beginning a project that is focused on making distinctions between different Twitter hashtags based on the type and/or "amount" of community that is present in each. Because I'm relatively new to online communities, I want to make sure I'm not missing important work in this area. Are there any resources that you would recommend for thinking about what makes up an online community and what distinguishes different online communities from each other?

Many thanks!

Best,

Spencer

------ Spencer Greenhalgh PhD Candidate, Educational Psychology and Educational Technology Michigan State University

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