Communities in cyberspace /
Contributor(s): Smith, Marc A | Kollock, Peter.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999Description: x, 323 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415191394 (hbk); 9780415191395:; 0415191408 (pbk).Subject(s): Computer networks -- Social aspects | Internet (Computer network) -- Social aspects | Internet -- Social aspects | Interpersonal relations | Cyberspace | Social problems | Social control | Human-computer interaction | Technology and civilizationDDC classification: 303.4834 Summary: This text looks at the virtual community of cyberspace and analyzes its relationship to the real one as lived out in today's societies. It shows how the idea of community is being challenged by the increasing power and range of cyberspace.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text looks at the virtual community of cyberspace and analyzes its relationship to the real one as lived out in today's societies. It shows how the idea of community is being challenged by the increasing power and range of cyberspace.