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Online Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting Sociability
By Jenny Preece
464 pages
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- Wiley
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- New York
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- 2000
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Synopsis
The purpose of the book is to set up a framework for discussions on social and technical issues of online communities. Designing usability and supporting sociability lays a solid foundation on which online communities can grow and thrive. Intended for both students and computer professionals, the book addresses the development of new online communities as well as the improvement of existing ones. It is divided into two parts - Getting Acquainted with Online Communities and Developing Online Communities ...
The purpose of the book is to set up a framework for discussions on social and technical issues of online communities. Designing usability and supporting sociability lays a solid foundation on which online communities can grow and thrive. Intended for both students and computer professionals, the book addresses the development of new online communities as well as the improvement of existing ones. It is divided into two parts - Getting Acquainted with Online Communities and Developing Online Communities - along with a preface and a concluding chapter which explores the future of online communities. For sample chapters and other resources, please check out the web site for the book at www.ifsm.umbc.edu/onlinecommunities.
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Table of contents
The first page of every section is available free to non-members – click a section heading to start reading now!
- Title Page i
- Contents iii
- Foreword ix
- Preface xiii
- Part One - Getting Acquainted with Online Communities 1
- 1: Introduction 5
- 2: Community Tours 33
- 3: Sociability: Purpose, People, and Policies 79
- 4: Usability: Tasks, Users, and Software 109
- 5: Research Speaks to Practice: Interpersonal Communication 147
- 6: Research Speaks to Practice: Groups 169
- Part Two - Developing Online Communities 201
- 7: Community-Centered Development 203
- 8: Selecting Software 233
- 9: Guidelines: Sociability and Usability 267
- 10: Assessing Needs and Evaluating Communities 299
- Title Page i
- Contents iii
- Foreword ix
- Preface xiii
- Part One - Getting Acquainted with Online Communities 1
- 1: Introduction 5
- 2: Community Tours 33
- 3: Sociability: Purpose, People, and Policies 79
- 4: Usability: Tasks, Users, and Software 109
- 5: Research Speaks to Practice: Interpersonal Communication 147
- 6: Research Speaks to Practice: Groups 169
- Part Two - Developing Online Communities 201
- 7: Community-Centered Development 203
- 8: Selecting Software 233
- 9: Guidelines: Sociability and Usability 267
- 10: Assessing Needs and Evaluating Communities 299
- 11: Development Case Studies 345
- 12: Looking to the Future1 375
- References 399
- Index 419