This editorial introduces a special thematic section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and is worthy of a read in its own right (the remainder of the articles are available here - no RSS (*sigh*)). In about nine paragraphs the authors provide a nice history of the concept of online community, drawing into the discussion strands of thought from sociology, psychology and anthropology. Of course, the real value in this issue is in the articles; I especially enjoyed Pillar, et.a;., on Collaborative Customer Co-Design in Online Communities. Oh yeah, and while scouting around, I found this in last month's issue: "He Will Crush You Like an Academic Ninja!":CRLFExploring Teacher Ratings on Ratemyprofessors.com. Heh. JCMC - get an RSS feed! I hate missing stuff like this!
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