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What is Virtual Community
1.
A group of individuals who communicate by electronic means such as the Internet, who share interests, without needing to be in the same place, or having physical contact, or belonging to a particular ethnic group.
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2.
A
Virtual Community
consists of a group of people who ‘meet’ using information technology means in order to achieve a goal while they are distant.
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3.
It is a form of
community
where digital interactors come together.
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4.
A
virtual community
is a group of people communicating or interacting with each other by using computer networks rather than in person.
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5.
A group of people with common interests and practices that communicates regularly and for some duration in an organized way over the Internet through a common location or site.
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6.
Group of users that often are widely separated geographically, communicate via computer and share common interests, aims and resources.
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7.
A group of people whose primary interaction is online but the felt experience of the individuals constituting the group is similar to an actual physical
community
.
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8.
A non-physical space that people can interact like they could in realistic world; mostly on the Internet.
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9.
A social network of individuals who interact through specific media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals.
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10.
An online forum or discussion group through which members may interact either in real time or asynchronously. Most
virtual
communities use discussion groups and message boards that are accessible online to all members. Members correspond by posting messages back and forth within the forum. Membership in a
virtual community
indicates that the user shares one or more common interests with others in the same forum.
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11.
Virtual
spaces in which groups of people gather around common interests, developing various forms of interaction, sometimes leading to the creation of
community
well-shaped.
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12.
A social network of individuals who interact through interactive media in order to pursue mutual interests or goals.
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13.
It is a set of people bounded by an interest, taste, or attitude.
Virtual
Communities used to have some organization and be together on a fan page, such as on Facebook. Patients are reunited in several communities ( Chretien & Kind, 2013 ).
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14.
It is social formations where users on digital platforms come together.
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15.
It is a
community
that is
virtual
ly constructed on the Internet. It is not the same as physical
community
but they tend to have the same characteristics as a
community
.
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16.
Online interactions between participants, in this research this occurred through engagement with the BEST site.
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17.
Social group without physical contact or geographical base, usually united by computer-mediated communication
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18.
A group of people who share a common interest or bond, but rather than meeting physically they form communities that cross geographical, social, cultural and economic boundaries.
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19.
Virtual Community
is a social network of individuals who participate through the various social media tools.
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A group of people who may or may not meet one another face-to-face, and who exchange words and ideas through the mediation of multimedia technologies.
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21.
Online interactions between participants, in this research this occurred through engagement with the BEST site.
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22.
A cooperative group of individuals from various geographical regions that come together via ICT to solve social, business or educational objectives.
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23.
See the definition for Online Communities.
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24.
A
virtual community
is a group whose members are connected by means of information technologies, typically the Internet. Similar terms include online
community
and mediated
community
.
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25.
The term
virtual community
designates people linked through the Internet by common values or interests, such as tastes, hobbies, or professions. The goal of the
community
is to create values through the exchange between members by sharing suggestions or advice or simply by discussing a topic.
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26.
A
virtual
organization and its space formed by a group of people with common interests or goals to share ideas, information, and experience.
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27.
Community
exists within
virtual
space, which is the imaginary and conceptual spatial construction created by human perception or by the combination of human perception and technology (Tuan, 1975).
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28.
A
virtual community
is primarily a social entity where people relate to one another by the use of a specific technology (Rheingold, 1993).
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29.
A group of people who interact primarily through CMC and who have developed a sense of
virtual community
with each other.
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30.
Is a social network of individuals who interact through specific media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals.
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31.
Environment for which participation is primarily mediated by technology applications or tools; interaction may be focused on social, work, or educational engagement.
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32.
A
community
of members to share common purposes over the Internet and social media.
Learn more in: Trust and Trust Building of Virtual Communities in the Networked Age
33.
A social aggregation springing out of on-line interaction, on Internet, by forum or e-mail, of groups of people sharing a concern and usually having no face-to-face contacts. This kind of interaction simply aims at knowledge and opinions sharing, unlike CoPs where the forming of shared practices occurs. According to Rheingold (1993) the
community
exists when the public discussions last so long and with an emotive participation to create a net of personal relationships.
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34.
Defined as a group of people who may or may not meet one another face-to-face, and who exchange words and ideas where people relate to one another by the use of a specific technology.
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35.
An aggregation of individuals who interact around a shared interest, where the interaction is at least partially supported and/or mediated by technology and guided by some protocols and norms (Porter, 2004)
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36.
A group of people who join primarily in Web-based places to deliberately, moderated or independent, communicate and interact on HR-relevant aspects.
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37.
Group of individuals that share some common interests and participate (actively or passively) in online-mediated spaces. Through their ongoing interactions, they build an online-shared-public space and sustain a feeling of membership.
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38.
A group formed on top of a social networking service. In most cases, group members have the same interest but are remotely located.
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39.
A group of people who share a common interest or bond, but rather than meeting physically they form communities that cross geographical, social, cultural or economic boundaries.
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40.
A group of people that communicate or interact via the Internet.
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41.
A population of individuals with shared or complementary interests who interact across a host platform.
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42.
A grouping of users who interact with each other predominantly online.
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43.
This is a featureless and, therefore, often misleading term usually regarded as synonymous to online
community
. The term “online
community
” is preferable, as it denotes the character of the
community
more accurately.
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44.
A social group that use computer systems (e.g., Internet) to establish interactions among its members and where people discuss about a common interest around which the
community
is developed
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45.
Social aggregations that emerge from the net when enough people carry on those public discussions long enough, with sufficient human feelings, to form Webs of personal relationships in cyberspace.
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46.
Virtual
communities are most often online communities, and are usually created around a common interest which brings together their members. As they do not require a physical presence or space, members may come from anywhere in the world. MMORPGs and social networking services aim to create
virtual
communities.
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47.
An online or
virtual community
is the gathering of people, in an online
virtual
space where they come, communicate, connect, and get to know each other better over time.
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48.
Groups of people using information system(s) for repeated social interaction to meet a certain need/needs.
Virtual
communities are also known as online communities or computer-mediated communities (CMC)
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49.
A group of people with mutual interests who interact through social media.
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50.
Groups that gather online for information sharing and peer support.
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51.
is a type of
community
that originates and operates in computer-mediated environment as a group of net-users who have similar interests, needs and goals.
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52.
A group whose members are connected by means of information technology, existing in discussion groups, chat rooms, listservs, and newsgroups. Terms such as online
community
and mediated
community
are used synonymously.
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53.
A social computer network.
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54.
A featureless and, therefore, often misleading term usually regarded as synonymous to online
community
. The term “online
community
” is preferable, as it denotes the character of the
community
more accurately.
Learn more in: Online Communities and Community Building
55.
A group of people who interact primarily through CMC and who have developed a sense of
virtual community
with each other.
Learn more in: Sense of Virtual Community
56.
The generic name of the network that bringing together groups of people for a common purpose on the internet.
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57.
Web-based groups of people using social software as infrastructure to interact or to collect knowledge.
Virtual
communities emerge due to positive network effects. If a critical number of
community
members is realized and sustained over a certain period of time, these members form webs of personal relationships in cyberspace
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58.
A
community
in which the meeting place is
virtual
, such as the Internet.
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59.
A group of people whose primary interaction is online but the felt experience of the individuals constituting the group is similar to an actual physical
community
.
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