danah yards. boyd, Nicole B. Ellison, Online communities: Definition, Record, and you will Scholarship, Log of Computer-Mediated Correspondence, Regularity thirteen, Point step 1, , Profiles 210–230,

Abstract

Online communities (SNSs) try increasingly drawing the attention regarding academic and you may globe experts captivated from the their affordances and come to. Which special theme area of the Diary out of Pc-Mediated Telecommunications combines grant on these emerging phenomena. Within basic blog post, we determine attributes of SNSs and you can propose a thorough definition. We upcoming expose one to angle to your history of particularly sites, revealing key transform and you may developments. Shortly after temporarily summarizing current scholarship concerning SNSs, we talk about the content in this special section and stop having factors getting future research. (more…)