ERIC Number: EJ639566
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Publication Date: 2001
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Distinguishing between Online and Face-to-Face Communities: How Technology Makes the Difference.
Hung, David; Chen, Der-Thanq
Educational Technology, v41 n6 p28-32 Nov-Dec 2001
Discussion of the Internet and virtual communities focuses on differences between online and face-to-face communities. Topics include interdependency; infrastructure; intensity of participation; representation of members; accessibility to resources, information, and expertise; and activity theory as a framework for analyzing communities. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Participation, Resources
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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