Communities in Cyberspace: Smith, Marc A.: 9780415191395: Book: Social Science: eCampus.com

As new societies and relationships are formed in the virtual landscape of cyberspace, we are now having to consider the potential consequences this might have on our own community and societies, and reconsider how the concept of community is changing.

Leading experts on the internet discuss such issues as race, gender, power, economics and ethics in cyberspace, focusing on four areas: identity, social order and control, community structure and dynamics and collective action. Clearly written and covering all the main topics, this edited volume is an essential introduction to the internet.

List of figures and tables

viii

(1)

List of contributors

(2)

Acknowledgments

Part one INTRODUCTION

(26)

1 Communities in cyberspace

(26)

Peter Kollock

Marc A. Smith

Part two IDENTITY

(78)

2 Identity and deception in the virtual community

(31)

Judith S. Donath

3 Reading race online: discovering racial identity in Usenet discussions

(16)

Byron Burkhalter

4 Writing in the body: gender (re)production in online interaction

(31)

Jodi O'Brien

Part three SOCIAL ORDER AND CONTROL

107

(60)

5 Hierarchy and power: social control in cyberspace

107

(27)

Elizabeth Reid

6 Problems of conflict management in virtual communities

134

(33)

Anna DuVal Smith

Part four COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS

167

(76)

7 Virtual communities as communities: Net surfers don't ride alone

167

(28)

Barry Wellman

Milena Gulia

8 Invisible crowds in cyberspace: mapping the social structure of the Usenet

195

(25)

Marc A. Smith

9 The economies of online cooperation: gifts and public goods in cyberspace

220

(23)

Peter Kollock

Part five COLLECTIVE ACTION

243

(68)

10 The promise and the peril of social action in cyberspace: ethos, delivery, and the protests over MarketPlace and the Clipper chip

243

(21)

Laura J. Gurak

11 Electronic homesteading on the rural frontier: Big Sky Telegraph and its community

264

(26)

Willard Uncapher

12 Cyberspace and disadvantaged communities: the Internet as a tool for collective action

290

(21)

Christopher Mele

Index

311


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