Howard Rheingold: The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (1993)
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“In this book, Howard Rheingold tours the ‘virtual community’ of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community andmdash;one where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and dupe others. At the same time that he tells stories about people who have received online emotional support during devastating illnesses, he acknowledges a darker side to people’s behavior in cyberspace. Indeed, contends Rheingold, people relate to each other online much the same as they do in physical communities.”
Publisher Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1993
William Patrick Book series
ISBN 9780201608700, 0201608707
ix+325 pages
Interview with author (Katie Hafner, WELL, about 2nd edition, 2000)
Reviews: Geert Lovink (Mediamatic, 1993), John Stimson (Social Science Computer Review, 1995), P.A. Dee Southard (Social Science Computer Review, 1995), Douglas B. Hindman (J Applied Communications, 1996), Scott London (c.1993), Ian Goodwin (Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 2004).
Analysis: Fred Turner (Technology & Culture, 2005).
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