scholarly journals Internet communities

2013 ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
R. V. Bolgov
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
World Politics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Social Web ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Internet Communities ◽  
Internet Community ◽  
The Individual

This paper attempts to answer the question of whether the Internet community and the individual users of social networks are actors in world politics. They are gaining political influence, and Web 2.0 technologies are increasingly political. We analyze projects integrating social web services to interact with government information systems by citizens, NGOs and business are analyzed. We identify basic advantages and limitations of using social Internet services in politics. We examine experience of their use in government agencies in several countries. We analyze official documents governing the use of social networks in the interaction of authorities with the citizens and business

scholarly journals VALIDIZATION OF THE EMPIRICAL MODEL OF THE DYNAMICS OF INTEGRATION OF INTERNET COMMUNITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
A.M. Ponomarev
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Model ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Theoretical Conclusion ◽  
Internet Communities ◽  
First Case ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Internet Community ◽  
New Criteria

The article presents the results of a validating study carried out within the framework of the research under the grant "Building predictive models of the dynamics of the development of mobilization-type Internet communities". The aim of the study is to test the empirical model of integration of the Internet community in terms of the validity of the content and the validity of the criteria. The subject of the study is the validity of the criteria and integration factors identified in this model. The research methods are a survey of internal experts and a comparative analysis of assessments of the criteria and factors of integration of the specified model by external and internal experts. The results obtained allow us to conclude that it is correct to identify the criteria and factors for integrating the Internet community at the first stages of the research project. Differences in the assessment by two types of experts of the significance of some criteria and factors of integration of Internet communities receive the fixation of two observation positions - external and internal - as two types of explanation, namely, an understanding and descriptive explanation, respectively. The conducted research not only allows to introduce new criteria and factors of integration into the empirical model of integration of the Internet community, but also to draw an important theoretical conclusion. Online communities in their development manifest both the properties of real social groups and the properties of networks. These two methodological attitudes can be equally successfully applied in the analysis of online communities of the mobilization type. In the first case, analyzing the behavior of the online community as a social group, the dynamics of its mobilization function is mostly recorded. In the second case, analyzing the behavior of a community as a network, the dynamics of its volume and the dynamics of information potential are described to a greater extent.

Virtual internet communities and commercial success: individual and community-level theory grounded in the atypical case of TimeZone.com

2001 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank T. Rothaermel ◽  
Stephen Sugiyama
Keyword(s):  
Community Building ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Site Management ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
Internet Communities ◽  
Community Organizer ◽  
Internet Community ◽  
The Individual

One potentially powerful way of organizing in the new Internet world is through the medium of the virtual Internet community. An effectively managed virtual community provides economic gains to the community organizer and to its members. We attempt to build theory grounded in the study of TimeZone.com, a virtual Internet community devoted to wristwatch hobbyists and enthusiasts. We argue that a member’s off-site communication, experience, perceived value of site management, content, and collectively held knowledge are positively associated with a member’s e-based economic transactions within this virtual community. Building on our theorizing attempts at the individual level, we develop propositions at the organizational level that relate characteristics of virtual Internet communities (membership size, scalability, and level of site management) to commercial success.

scholarly journals Identity of personality and specificity of its self-presentation in virtual communicative space

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Viktoriia Volynets
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Virtual Identity ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Human Construction ◽  
The Individual

The purpose of the article is to reveal the features of constructing a personal identity in a virtual environment. Methodology. The choice of research methods is determined by the purpose of the article and the subject of research, in particular, general scientific and empirical techniques are used, based on a systematic approach to the analysis of works on the problems of interpretation of virtual identity. The scientific novelty of the obtained research results lies in the correlation of the essence of the concepts "real identity" and "virtual identity", identifying the features and risks of the formation of the latter. The article highlights the factors of human construction of a "virtual" identity, which often occurs due to dissatisfaction of the individual with his real identity. It is emphasized that virtual reality provides ample opportunities for self-expression and disclosure of personal potential, but the desire to always "be online" affects the physical health of the user, thereby increasing his anxiety, leads to fatigue and irritability, exacerbation of hyperdynamic. The problem of excessive immersion in cyberspace has been identified: by abusing being in it, an unformed personality can lose life landmarks, assimilate programmed solutions and ready-made mental stamps. Conclusions. In social networks, a person can easily create an ideal image of himself, which is less authentic than the real one, because it reflects the individual's idea of an invented, ideal set of their own qualities, which are completed with ready visual, textual and audio network tools. Social "slowing down" in the Internet environment significantly reduces the moral level of communication in social networks and messengers. Even today, the level of trust among young people in semi-anonymous messages on the Internet is higher than in traditional sources of information. At the same time, the unsystematic acquisition of knowledge in this way does not allow young people to form an established picture of the world, leaving it largely fragmented.

Lex Networkia: Understanding the Internet community

First Monday ◽  
1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward J. Valauskas
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Communities ◽  
Internet Community ◽  
Over Time

Much of the legal effort regarding the Internet and cyberspace occurs with little regard for the communities that will be most affected by new regulations and treaties. The Internet communities have evolved, over time, to create their own processes for self-regulation and tolerance. Legislative experiments that fail to take into account the nature of the Internet communities and the Internet itself are fundamentally counter-productive.

Online Privacy and Marketing

2009 ◽  
pp. 256-268
Author(s):  
Betty J. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Marketing To Children ◽  
Privacy Issues

Marketing practices have always presented challenges for consumers seeking to protect their privacy. This chapter discusses the ways in which the Internet as a marketing medium introduces additional privacy concerns. Current privacy issues include the use of spyware and cookies, word-of-mouth marketing, online marketing to children, and the use of social networks. Related privacy practices, concerns, and recommendations are presented from the perspectives of Internet users, marketers, and government agencies. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the ways in which consumers’ privacy concerns, as they apply to Internet marketing, would benefit from additional research.

scholarly journals The Internet and Cancellation Culture: The Impact of the Public Opinion on the Exercise of the Individual Right to Freedom of Expression

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Celina Afra da Silva Santos
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
The Public ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Legal Consequences

This article analyzes the impact of the culture of cancellation promoted by users of social networks on the exercise of individual rights, more precisely Freedom of Expression. The study presents the analysis of the content inherent to what would be the cancellation, its aspects and practical consequences in the individual sphere of the users. The theme is approached by the deductive method and through doctrinal research. The article intends to answer if there are legal consequences resulting from the use of this resource by users.

scholarly journals “Teenagers Get Undressed on the Internet”

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Sveningsson Elm
Keyword(s):  
Young Men ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Internet Communities ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
Content Analyses ◽  
The Media ◽  
Internet Community

Abstract During recent years, Swedish media have paid attention to young people’s presentations of self in Internet communities, claiming that these presentations are often sexually provocative. The present study aims at investigating young men’s and women’s presentations of self in Sweden’s largest Internet community, focusing specifically on how bodies are displayed. This is done through quantitative and qualitative content analyses of the photos of 88 users. Results show differences in what parts of their bodies the young men and women show: women tend to focus on faces, while men focus on torsos. Results also contradict the image depicted by the media, as very few photos in the sample can be described as provocative. One explanation offered here concerns the specific Internet community’s lack of anonymity, meaning that the interaction is steered by the same mechanisms and social pressures at work in offline environments.

I Want to Be Like a Really Badass Lady

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Cavalcante
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Communities ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Media Discourses

This chapter delineates how participants craft a possible transgender self through meaningful interactions with media discourses and narratives. Media generate the ability to imagine a transgender life and to author plausible stories of self-transformation. The chapter pays special attention to how the Internet in particular helped participants acquire an accessible and practical transgender vocabulary. Learning how to speak about gender identity and one’s self in sophisticated ways was one of the most important milestones in participants’ everyday lives. Transgender themed websites, social networks, and Internet communities were so central to participants’ understanding of a possible transgender self that many talked about their lives and identities in terms of “pre” and “post” Internet.

scholarly journals HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF THE INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL PERSON’S ADDICTION IN THE NEW REALITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (7) ◽  
pp. 748-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey A. Druzhilov
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The spread of information technologies leads to negative consequences associated with the impact on the health of the individual and public health. There are new behavioral addictions, namely information and technological ones. The objective reasons for their occurrence are in the changes taking place in society. They are associated with the informatization and globalization of the post-industrial society. The criteria for excessive use of the Internet are changing. Virtual space appears as a significant part of life reality. Ubiquitous is the regular use of the Internet. Imposed by information technologies lifestyle and worldview can be destructive for the individual. The task of hygienic science is to prevent the psychological distress of a person in new conditions. The purpose of the article is to consider the views of a person’s Internet addiction, the risks, as well as the possibility of psychological distress resulting from the impact of information technologies. Comparative analysis of the views of various authors and their theoretical generalization. A current understanding of the phenomenon of information and technological dependencies is presented. Two conceptual approaches to the consideration of the phenomenon are identified: as a mental pathology and as a person’s state in the continuum of his normal behavior in new life realities. Statistical data characterizing the penetration of social networks into Russian society and quantitative characteristics of the use of the Internet are given. Computer technologies can be a “mental retreat” for humans. However, social networks provide users with isolation in their own socio-cultural shells. The boundaries of the norms and pathologies of Internet use have changed. Indices of overgrowing of enthusiasm for the Internet in addiction are a change in the motives and goals of its use. A risk factor for the psychological well-being of a person is an exposure to manipulative informational influences on the Internet. Social networks are the space and means of such exposure. Conclusion. The difference between healthy and unhealthy use of the Network is given. The danger for the majority of Internet users was shown not to be an addiction, but exposure to information and psychological effects. It is revealed that in social networks there is a possibility of targeted impacts.

scholarly journals Reducing Legalization Expenses as a Topic in Russian-Speaking Migrant Online Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-71
Author(s):  
Dmitry O. Timoshkin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Rite Of Passage ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Internet Community ◽  
Migrant Groups ◽  
Selection Of

This article discusses the texts posted in migrant groups in social networks, on forums and YouTube-channels. It is hypothesized that legalization in a host country becomes a common and crucial topic for migrant groups: the potential trajectories of users’ moving to a city or a country, as well as the tactics of their integration into the host community, may depend on how legality is defined in a particular migrantgroup. Legalization is often defined by users as a meaningless, humiliating and tedious procedure, which is more of a ritual nature than of any practical significance, recalling the rite of passage. The article suggests that the ritual nature of the migrant legalization procedure leads to the fact that many of them are looking for ways to avoid it even at the initial stage of their migration process, using the Internet community as a tool to reduce the expenses associated with attaining legality. The selection of the material and its subsequent analysis was carried out with the help of digital ethnography, namely — online observation.

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