[Air-L] Literature on dimensions/attributes of online communities?

[Caroline Haythornthwaite]

These two review chapters will give you some background on online community and references/writers to follow up on. 

Haythornthwaite, C. (2007). Social networks and online community. In A. Joinson, K. McKenna, U. Reips & T. Postmes (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology (pp. 121-136). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Gruzd, A. & Haythornthwaite, C. (2011). Networking online: Cybercommunities. In J. Scott & P. Carrington (Eds.), Handbook of Social Network Analysis (pp. 167-179). London: Sage.

If you are interested in particular in learning communities, you can check my web page for references: https://haythorn.wordpress.com/

/Caroline

Caroline Haythornthwaite
Professor, School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
chaythor at syr.edu


> On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Spencer P. Greenhalgh <greenha6 at msu.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I'm beginning a project that is focused on making distinctions between
>> different Twitter hashtags based on the type and/or "amount" of community
>> that is present in each. Because I'm relatively new to online communities,
>> I want to make sure I'm not missing important work in this area. Are there
>> any resources that you would recommend for thinking about what makes up an
>> online community and what distinguishes different online communities from
>> each other?
>> 
>> Many thanks!
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Spencer
>> 
>> ------
>> Spencer Greenhalgh
>> PhD Candidate, Educational Psychology and Educational Technology
>> Michigan State University
>> 
>> spencergreenhalgh.com
>> twitter.com/spgreenhalgh