Communities in Cyberspace (Google eBook)

Peter Kollock, Marc Smith

Routledge, Jun 1, 2002 - Social Science - 336 pages

This wide-ranging introductory text looks at the virtual community of cyberspace and analyses its relationship to real communities lived out in today's societies. Issues such as race, gender, power, economics and ethics in cyberspace are grouped under four main sections and discussed by leading experts:

* identity
* social order and control
* community structure and dynamics
* collective action.

This topical new book displays how the idea of community is being challenged and rewritten by the increasing power and range of cyberspace. As new societies and relationships are formed in this virtual landscape, we now have to consider the potential consequences this may have on our own community and societies.

Clearly and concisely written with a wide range of international examples, this edited volume is an essential introduction to the sociology of the internet. It will appeal to students and professionals, and to those concerned about the changing relationships between information technology and a society which is fast becoming divided between those on-line and those not.

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Review: Communities in Cyberspace

User Review  - Elizabeth - Goodreads

Read for either/both LIS590EL: E-Learning and/or LIS590SN: Social Networking. Lots of overlap in the content and interests between the two classes as far as I was concerned.

Contents

• Part two Identity: 25
• Part three Social order and control: 105
• Part four Community structure and dynamics: 165
• Part five Collective action: 239
• Index: 309

About the author

Peter Kollock is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He teaches courses in social psychology, cooperation and collective action, the sociology of cyberspace and on entrepeneurism..Dr. Kollock has won teaching awards at UCLA and the University of Washington.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Communities in Cyberspace
• Editors: Peter Kollock, Marc Smith
• Publisher: Routledge, 2002
• ISBN: 0203194950, 9780203194959
• Length: 336 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General