[Air-l] internet community breakups

[Janne Bromseth]

..oh I forgot -
of course, Beth Kolko and Elizabeth Reid (1998) has an excellent article 
discussion ethical sides of responsibility and the material vs virtual body 
- and escaping responsibility by creating just a new character when social 
relations get problematic, and its effects on the possibility of creating 
lasting online communities (approximately..!):

Kolko, B. and Reid, E. 1998. 'Dissolution and Fragmentation. Problems in 
Online-Communities.' In S. Jones, ed, Cybersociety 2.0, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE

Janne




At 23:13 22.01.2007 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm doing an independent study this semester on the breakup of Internet
>communities, which I've called (for the project) Internet community
>dissolution.  I've been able to find plenty of articles on Internet
>communities and relationships, etc, but I haven't seen any on this topic.
>
>How is this topic generally phrased in the lit?  I came up with absolutely
>no results when I tried searching for it in various forms in my library's
>(pathetic) database.  Can anyone point me in the direction of where to look
>or specific articles on this?
>
>Also, while I'm here, are there any articles out there that address the
>definition and types of internet communities?  I could list them all out
>from my personal experiences, but I'd like to have something published to
>back up what I say.
>
>Thanks!
>Ellie
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