Online community

An online community is a network of people who come together and communicate online, usually because of a common interest or goal. There are many different types of online communities. Some examples of online communities are: email distribution lists, message boards and newsgroups, instant message (IM) services, chat rooms, blogging sites, social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, and online classrooms/school groups. I intend to discuss three of these types of online communities –

decades ago. According to a report made by the U.S. Department of Justice; “one in five children (10 to 17 years old) receives unwanted sexual solicitations online” (Knetzger & Muraski, 2008). One of this online sex-crime against children is known as child enticement. The Florida statute 847.0135 states that an individual is involved in online child enticement when “[…] utilizes a computer on-line service, Internet service, or […] to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to […] a child or another

Online Communities. To start off my essay I would like to stress on the fact that an online community is not created online communities evolve and flourish. Most of the well built online communities take time and effort to establish them. In this essay I will be covering topics like how people interact in an online community, also will be looking at how to facilitate a successful online discussion and how to evaluate the success or failure of an online community. With the dawn of the new

Online Communities Ken Griffey Jr. is a well-known name in the world of Major League Baseball. Before the Seattle Mariners traded Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds, he was an absolute phenomenal baseball player. Since being traded, he has been nothing but disappointment to the Reds organization. The following is a dialogue between the two members in an online community at ESPN.com. crc29: “"Asked if he's happy that he's still with Cincinnati, Griffey said, "What does it matter?

Building an Online Community Contents Vision and Mission Statement 3 Tagline 3 Background 3 Portal Outline 4 User Created Content 4 Web Portal Design 5 Discussion Forums 5 File Hosting 6 Search 6 Conclusion 6 Bibliography 7 Vision and Mission Statement The vision of Net Gamers Central is to become the paramount community web portal in the world of online gaming, providing large amounts of useful information as well as integral services to the online community. The Net Gamers

Online communities on Tumblr and elsewhere are leading people into dark places that weren’t there before. People are self-identifying with depression. They are confusing their normal and commonplace emotions and feelings of sadness with this idea that they cannot come out of this dark place in which they are in. Rather than seeking help from loved ones or medical professionals, they go to these online communities to be understood, but to be understood, you must be accepted. This is leading young

One of the things I am most interested in is the communities that form online and the way they are used to shape information. Fandoms, the collective fans of a particular work regarded collectively as a group, are one such community. As a fan, I want to what study what makes online fandom communities unique. Who makes up the online fandom communities and how do they use fandom. Often online fans and fandom in general are often viewed as purely based on obsessive consumption of a media. However I

Building a Vibrant Online Community The manufacturers are doing it, and you should be too. They are building online communities revolving around their brand. Now, it is your turn. Manufacturers like Honda and Chrysler have their own Facebook pages, as well as other social media platforms like Twitter and YouTube where they can interact with their fans. They are engaging people in discussions about the products while their members upload photos of their own vehicles. The Community Managers for these

Anonymous Trust in Online Communities Introduction: Online communities are no different from communities that you may find elsewhere, but in some cases identities of the users are not revealed. Communities where this is the case it is impossible for individuals to form a meaningful relationship with trust. However, the communities where individuals are not anonymous it is possible for trust to be built between these individuals. This paper is meant to take a Kantian approach with respect to “The

offers a very unique process for using the data generated by marketing research. By building brand-focused online communities, data can be collected that offers a unique and more personalized view into the minds of the customer of a brand. Members of this community can communicate with each other, even to the point of generating focus groups that exist to discuss the product. Over time, this community evolves and produces viable information for companies based on additional details that impact the brand