Online Communities: Designing Usability and Supporting SociabilityThe purpose of the book is to set up a framework for discussions on social and technical issues of online communities. Designing usability and supporting sociability lays a solid foundation on which online communities can grow and thrive. Intended for both students and computer professionals, the book addresses the development of new online communities as well as the improvement of existing ones. It is divided into two parts - Getting Acquainted with Online Communities and Developing Online Communities - along with a preface and a concluding chapter which explores the future of online communities. For sample chapters and other resources, please check out the web site for the book at: http://www.clis.umd.edu/people/preece/ |
Contents
Contents | 5 |
Community Tours | 33 |
Purpose People and Policies | 79 |
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Active Worlds activities archives asynchronous avatars behavior bulletin board bulletin board systems Chapter chat common ground community members community needs community-centered development community's purpose computer-mediated communication data logging discourse analysis discussion drkoop.com DSOAG e-commerce electronic emoticons empathy enable ensure environments evaluation example experience face-to-face feedback graphical guidelines Hiltz Human-Computer Interaction identify important instant messaging interface Internet involves Kollock Kostabi learning listserver Mark Kostabi menu messages moderators munities network analysis newsgroups nities offline online community developers participants person physical policies Preece problems questionnaires questions Quiz Bowl community relationships require role server Shneiderman sociability and usability social interaction social networks social presence survey techniques topic trust types usability and sociability usability testing UseNet user tasks virtual Virtual Communities Web-based Wellman