A LITERATURE REVIEW OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES: The relevance of understanding the influence of institutions on online collectives

作者: Magda David Hercheui

DOI: 10.1080/13691181003663593

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摘要: Reviewing the literature on domain of virtual communities, this research finds that there is still an important gap in scholarly understanding how institutions influence online spaces interaction. The theme has been marginal to most academic with few exceptions. This paper proposes institutional perspective would permit a better whys behaviours and explores potential contributions such approach.

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