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Virtual community
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- 2. • Definition • Kindsof communication among virtual community member • Types of virtual communities • Effects of virtual community • Advantages • disadvantages
- 3. •Wren - “Avirtual community is a community of people sharing common interests, ideas and feelings over the internet or other collaborative networks.”
- 4. Rheingold- “It isa social aggregation of people that emerges from the internet when enough people carry on public discussion long
- 5. •enough and with sufficienthuman feeling to form webs of personal relationship in cyberspace.”
- 6. •Marshall McLuhan- “ Composedof subgroups from within the notion of cyberspace in a global village”
- 7. •Through the internet, wecan now hear, see and have knowledge about the events that takes place miles from us.
- 8. •This happens because ofthe electronic media that allows us to act and react to global issues at the same speed as normal.
- 9. Kinds of Communication •-Message posting • A message or a piece of information that you send to someone for them to read anytime. • Example. E-mails
- 10. •-Real time chat •Livetransmission of text message from sender to receiver. •Example. Messanger
- 11. Types of VirtualCommunities • -Internet Message Board • ( internet forums) an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted message. • Ex. Flckr tmblr reddit
- 12. • -Online chatroom •Primary use is to share information via text with a group of other users. •Example. Talk City enterchat.com match.com
- 13. • -Virtual worlds •A computer-based simulated environment w/c may be populated by many users who create a personal avatar and explore the virtual world, participate in its activities and communicate with others. • Example: The sims Second life
- 14. • -Social networks •A website that allows people with similar interest to come together and share information photos and videos through social media sites. • Example: FB Twitter LinkedIn
- 15. •1. to socialize-meeting people playing around, sharing jokes, stories, taking interest with others Why join and build a virtual community?
- 16. •2. work together-work groups among companies and their teams help them to keep in touch and work on project together. It provides discussion, forums and support groups in the team
- 17. 3. -Have topical conversation •Peopleshare their stories and have a conversation of their interest about common topics
- 18. •On health –uplift emotional stand and self- esteem when use correctly
- 19. •less socializing among childreninclude verbal aggression and promotion of depression and suicides due to cyber bullying
- 20. On civic participation •Social sites become a medium of expression and discourse about issues in specific user communities. • Example • online volunteering • Online voting • Joining political discussions
- 21. On communication • -communications and social relations are extremely complex within a virtual community • Emergence of greater scope of relationships among individuals
- 22. - Access forinstant information - Shopping - Paying bills - Politics - Social activities - Health - Education
- 23. - Gives usersthe feeling of membership •Users can give and receive support with each other so they can feel the sense of membership and belongingness.
- 24. Commercially succesful •Making money throughmembership fee, usage fees, and advertising commissions.
- 25. •Consumers feel comfortable when makingtransactions online provided that the seller has a good reputation throughout the community.
- 26. •Reliability • While instantcommunication means fast access, it also mean that the information is posted without being reviewed for correctness.
- 27. Identity Theft •Deliberate useof someone else’s identity usually for a method to gain a financial advantage or obtain credit and other benefits in other persons name.