Virtual community resources

From Web Science 2009 class

Contents 1 Class sides 2 Resources about Virtual Communities 2.1 Papers 2.2 Books 2.3 Articles 2.4 Communities 2.5 Other Stuff

Class sides

File:Virtual communities.pdf

Resources about Virtual Communities

Papers

• The Strength of Weak Ties (Mark S. Granovetter)
• Cultural Formations in Text-Based Virtual Realities (Elizabeth M. Reid)
• Electropolis: Communication and Community On Internet Relay Chat (Elizabeth M. Reid)
• Voices from the WELL (Marc A. Smith)

Books

• The Virtual Community (Howard Rheingold)

Articles

• Not just a retro curiosity: text-based virtual worlds
• A very real future for virtual worlds
• Nine Principles for Making Virtual Communities Work (article from 1994)

Communities

• The WELL (yes, it still exists)
• Lily (an ancient RPI CMC system)
• Reddit Reddiquette
• Second Life

Other Stuff

• Social Media/Virtual Communities class taught by Howard Rheingold
• Reading list from Howard Rheingold's Virtual Communities class - great organization and review