Song, Felicia Wu. <br/><br/>
Virtual communities :  bowling alone, online together / 
Felicia Wu Song. 
 - New York :  Peter Lang,  ©2009. 
 - xvii, 178 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - Digital formations,  v. 54  1526-3169 ; .
 - Digital formations ;  v. 54. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-171) and index. 
<br/><br/>The virtual community -- A high-stakes battle : the context of virtual communities -- A cultural topography of virtual communities : the rough terrain of autonomy and control -- An alternative framework for understanding virtual communities -- The institutional landscape : the market of virtual communities -- The evolving landscape of virtual communities -- Technology, the self, and the market : eyeing the horizons of a brave new democracy -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781433103957 1433103958 9781433103964 1433103966 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009016510 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>09,A52,0649  dnb 09,N28,0058  dnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>994806930  DE-101 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Online social networks.<br/>Internet--Social aspects.<br/>Communities--Philosophy.<br/>Computers and civilization.<br/>Information technology--Social aspects.<br/>Communities--Philosophy.<br/>Computers and civilization.<br/>Information technology--Social aspects.<br/>Internet--Social aspects.<br/>Online social networks.<br/>Autonomie.<br/>Computerunterstützte Kommunikation.<br/>Internet.<br/>Social Media.<br/>civisme--communauté virtuelle--Internet--Etats-Unis.<br/>Virtuelle Gemeinschaft.<br/>Autonomie.<br/>Internet.<br/>Sociala nätverk online.<br/>Internet--sociala aspekter.<br/>Informationsteknologi--sociala aspekter.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>USA.<br/>USA.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Communities  Philosophy Computers and civilization Information technology  Social aspects Internet  Social aspects Online social networks 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM742  / .S66 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.30285