TY - BOOK AU - Song,Felicia Wu TI - Virtual communities: bowling alone, online together T2 - Digital formations, SN - 9781433103957 AV - HM742 .S66 2009 U1 - 302.30285 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Peter Lang KW - Online social networks KW - Internet KW - Social aspects KW - Communities KW - Philosophy KW - Computers and civilization KW - Information technology KW - fast KW - Autonomie KW - gnd KW - Computerunterstützte Kommunikation KW - Social Media KW - civisme KW - communauté virtuelle KW - Etats-Unis KW - rero KW - Virtuelle Gemeinschaft KW - swd KW - Sociala nätverk online KW - sao KW - sociala aspekter KW - Informationsteknologi KW - USA N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-171) and index; 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 ER -