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What is Online Community
1.
A group of individuals with common interests who interact with one another on the Internet.
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2.
An
online
space in which members of the
community
interact with each other and share at least one common belief, aim or concern.
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3.
An
online community
is a group of people with common interests, and who use the Internet tools and spaces (e.g., blogs, websites, and email) to communicate, create something together, and pursue common interests over time. According to Weber (1963) , the
community
to which people belong nowadays is no longer the
community
of place, but a
community
of interest which, within a freely communicating society, needs not to be spatially determined, as individuals are able to interact with each other wherever they are located.
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4.
A
community
whose members conduct its communications and activities over a computer network.
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5.
A
community
that exists
online
, mainly on the Internet, where its members with similar interests, experience, or shared values take part in social interactions such as share information, knowledge, and experience with other members.
Learn more in: Trust and Trust Building of Virtual Communities in the Networked Age
6.
A collective of individuals who engage in mutually-supportive activities using information and communication technologies such as the Web. Members of an
online community
may be located in the same place or not, but they communicate primarily electronically.
Learn more in: Online Learning Community
7.
A
community
of people sharing common interests, ideas, and feelings over the Internet or other collaborative networks.
Learn more in: Moderating Discussion Groups Using Computer Mediated Communication
8.
A groups of people who communicate with each other via electronic media without any restrictions.
Learn more in: Defining and Measuring the Perceived Quality of a Virtual Community
9.
Community
exists within cyberspace but is also interconnected with off-line reality. Included are any communities in cyberspace that interplay with off-line reality through off-line communication components, such as face-to-face meetings, off-line flash gatherings, or any forms of off-line activity.
Learn more in: Reconfiguration of Communities in Cyberspace
10.
a group of people that have a common interest and who interact using
online
communications tools.
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11.
Specific virtual
community
linked by internet or web-based communication and interaction.
Learn more in: Sociology of Virtual Communities and Social Software Design
12.
A
community
of people sharing common interests, ideas, and feelings over the Internet or other collaborative networks.
Learn more in: Moderating Discussion Groups Using Computer Mediated Communication
13.
People who interact through an ICT-based communication environment, recognize a minimum common goal that holds them together (may share one or more domain/s of knowledge and shared practice/s) and define implicit or explicit policies for regulating their interactions (see e.g., Preece, 2000).
Learn more in: Post-Modern Tribes as a Marketing Tool
14.
Otherwise known as a virtual
community
; an
online
venue that allows individuals with the same interests to interact, exchange ideas, and potentially determine the exchange of products.
Learn more in: Taxonomy of C2C E-Commerce Venues
15.
An
online community
is a voluntary group of active users that partake actively in a certain computer-mediated service.
Learn more in: Online Communities and Online Community Building
16.
People who communicate via internet technologies through a common platform are considered to be a part of an
online community
. Most often each user creates a username and password to establish an account. Once they are a member, they use that identity (username) in
online
discussion, instant message, emails, voice over internet protocol (VOIP), avatar simulations (i.e., Second Life) ( King, 2014 ; Palloff & Pratt, 2001 , 2007 ). Many
online
communities have a specific focus to draws and retain people in them.
Learn more in: The Role of Online Health Education Communities in Wellness and Recovery
17.
Group of people with common interests who use Internet-based applications to interact with each other and share information.
Learn more in: A Review of Tools for Overcoming the Challenge of Monitoring of Social Media
18.
A social group that interacts through a web platform over an extended period of time.
Learn more in: Mobile Social Web: Opportunities and Drawbacks
19.
A
community
that operates through a public or private electronic network.
Learn more in: Cloud Governance at the Local Communities
20.
A virtual network of people who communicate with one another through interactive tools such as forums, discussion groups of social networking sites.
Learn more in: Usability of CAPTCHA in Online Communities and Its Link to User Satisfaction
21.
A meeting place on the Internet for people who share common interests and needs.
Online
communities can be open to all or be by membership only, and may or may not be moderated.
Learn more in: Leadership Competency in Virtual Teams
22.
A virtual
community
whose members are connected by technology, specifically the web or Internet.
Learn more in: Designing and Developing Online and Distance Courses
23.
people who interact through an ICT-based communication environment, recognize a minimum common goal that holds them together, share one or more domain/s of knowledge and shared practice/s, and define implicit or explicit policies for regulating their interactions.
Learn more in: Augmenting Actual Life Through MUVEs
24.
A group of people with common characteristic or interest interacting in a cyber space with
online
communication tools.
Learn more in: Initial Stages to Create Online Graduate Communities: Assessment and Development
25.
Defined as a process rather than a physical place, in which people interact, through a shared purpose, by following policies and by means of a computer system.
Learn more in: The Role of Community Formation in Learning Processes
26.
Also known as virtual
community
. A group of people communicating or interacting with each other by means of information technologies, typically the Internet, rather than face to face.
Online
communities can be used loosely for a variety of social groups interacting via the Internet. The concept does not necessarily mean that there is a strong bond among the members. The term virtual
community
is attributed to the book of the same title by Howard Rheingold in 1993.
Learn more in: Analysis and Evaluation of the Connector Website
27.
An
online community
is a voluntary group of active users that partake actively in a certain computer-mediated service.
Learn more in: Online Communities and Community Building
28.
A group of individuals who communicate and interact in an
online
setting.
Learn more in: Online Tools With Synchronous Learning Environments
29.
A
community
that operates through public networks such as the Internet.
Learn more in: Government as a Service in Communities
30.
A social network of individuals interacting through social media, with the aim of pursuing mutual interests or goals. It potentially crosses geographic and political boundaries.
Learn more in: The Coffee Shop and Customer Experience: A Study of the U.S. Market
31.
A social network of individuals interacting through social media, with the aim of pursuing mutual interests or goals. It potentially crosses geographic and political boundaries.
Learn more in: Customer Experience in the Coffee World: Qualitative Research on the US Market
32.
A group having the characteristics of a
community
which conducts its collective activities and associated social interactions over a computer network.
Learn more in: Technology Change and Online Community Development
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