Communities in cyberspace /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Smith, Marc A., 1965-, Kollock, Peter
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Subjects:	Computer networks > Social aspects. Internet > Social aspects. Interpersonal relations. Social problems. Social control. Technology and civilization. Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Aspect social. Internet > Aspect social. Relations humaines. Problèmes sociaux. Contrôle social. Technologie et civilisation. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Communities in cyberspace / Peter Kollock and Marc A. Smith
Identity and deception in the virtual community / Judith S. Donath
Reading race online : discovering racial identity in Usenet discussions / Byron Burkhalter
Writing in the body : gender (re)production in online interaction / Jodi O'Brien
Hierarchy and power : social control in cyberspace / Elizabeth Reid
Problems of conflict management in virtual communities / Anna DuVal Smith
Virtual communities as communities : net surfers don't ride alone / Barry Wellman and Milena Gulia
Invisible crowds in cyberspace : mapping the social structure of the Usenet / Marc A. Smith
Economies of online cooperation : gifts and public goods in cyberspace / Peter Kollock
Promise and the peril of social action in cyberspace : ethos, delivery, and the protests over MarketPlace and the Clipper chip / Laura J. Gurak
Electronic homesteading on the rural frontier : Big Sky Telegraph and its community / Willard Uncapher
Cyberspace and disadvantaged communities : the Internet as a tool for collective action / Christopher Mele.