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| ===== Virtual Communities ===== | ===== Virtual Communities ===== | ||
| - | As Agarwal and Liu (2008:1) state: “Individuals experience a sense of community, a feeling of belonging, a bonding that members matter to one another and their niche needs will be met through online interactions.” | + | As Agarwal and Liu (2008) state: “Individuals experience a sense of community, a feeling of belonging, a bonding that members matter to one another and their niche needs will be met through online interactions.” |
| In order to understand the how social networks and social activities behave on the internet we must understand the concept behind them which is virtual communities. | In order to understand the how social networks and social activities behave on the internet we must understand the concept behind them which is virtual communities. | ||
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| The development of networking and communication technologies in recent years has completely set a revolution in the way information is acquired, stored and disseminated. A significant transformation of the traditional face-to-face communities to online communities, has allowed users of the internet to reach out to their counterpart in a manner that is unimaginable. A critical review of online communities will be considered, with the aim to propose a sequence of success attributed to the migration from offline to online communities. Fichter (2005) recognizes considerable number of users in online communities as information consumers, ranging from reading world news to reviewing weather forecast. But acknowledge that many assumed the role of information providers with contribution to important topics such as wikis, blogs, more recently podcasts and videos. | The development of networking and communication technologies in recent years has completely set a revolution in the way information is acquired, stored and disseminated. A significant transformation of the traditional face-to-face communities to online communities, has allowed users of the internet to reach out to their counterpart in a manner that is unimaginable. A critical review of online communities will be considered, with the aim to propose a sequence of success attributed to the migration from offline to online communities. Fichter (2005) recognizes considerable number of users in online communities as information consumers, ranging from reading world news to reviewing weather forecast. But acknowledge that many assumed the role of information providers with contribution to important topics such as wikis, blogs, more recently podcasts and videos. | ||
| - | Using collection and ordering guidelines, the remainder of this research work will be structured to review practitioner literature on online communities. Various definitions will be surveyed, classifications of online communities. The research will be narrowed down to understand the evolution of online communities and identify success factors in each stage of evolution, and security and privacy implications will be evaluated. The findings of the review can be organized as follows. Definitions will be explored, followed by the benefits that online communities bring to individuals, communities, and organizations. Conclusion will be drawn by providing recommendations for future research.([[Articles:Ibrahim|Online communities]]) | ||
| ====SOCIAL NETWORK SITES: A DEFINITION==== | ====SOCIAL NETWORK SITES: A DEFINITION==== | ||
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| * [[Articles:Salameh| Blogs]]: One of the most popular and common ways in the World Wide Web to give anyone the opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions to a worldwide audience is the blog which is an accessible venue to for people to express a variety of ideas. | * [[Articles:Salameh| Blogs]]: One of the most popular and common ways in the World Wide Web to give anyone the opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions to a worldwide audience is the blog which is an accessible venue to for people to express a variety of ideas. | ||
| * [[Articles:Kosta| Wikis]]: Collaborative software is to transform the way documents and rich media are shared in order to enable more effective team collaboration. | * [[Articles:Kosta| Wikis]]: Collaborative software is to transform the way documents and rich media are shared in order to enable more effective team collaboration. | ||
| - | * [[Articles:Asma| Photos and Videos]]: Most of the websites on internet are photo or video-sharing-websites ,on which users can upload ,share and view videos as well as photos, created by other users. Users can upload or view videos absolutely free of cost by websites like You Tube and Flickr. With advanced technology users can use all these features directly on their mobile phones. Video calling is the latest communication method which is enabled through websites like Yahoo and Skype.([[Articles:asma| Photos and videos]]) | + | * [[Articles:Asma| Photos and Videos]]: Most of the websites on internet are photo or video-sharing-websites, on which users can upload ,share and view videos as well as photos, created by other users. Users can upload or view videos absolutely free of cost by websites like You Tube and Flickr. With advanced technology users can use all these features directly on their mobile phones. Video calling is the latest communication method which is enabled through websites like Yahoo and Skype. |
| ===== Team Activities ===== | ===== Team Activities ===== | ||
