Online Communication and Collaboration a Reader

"Communication and collaboration via the Internet has risen to great prominence in recent years, especially with the rise of social networking, Web 2.0 and virtual worlds. Many interesting and worthwhile studies have been conducted on the technology involved and the way it is used and shaped by its user communities. From some of the more popular coverage of these interactions, it might be thought that these are new phenomena. However, they draw on a rich heritage of technologies and interactions. Online communication and collaboration presents a very timely set of articles that cover a range of."@en
""Online Communication and Collaboration presents a very timely set of articles that cover a range of different perspectives upon these themes, both classic and contemporary. It is unusually broad in the range of technologies it considers many books on these topics cover only a few forms of collaboration technology and in considering well-established technologies as well as recent ones. It blends academic and popular articles to combine scholarly rigour with readability." "Online Communication and Collaboration will be of relevance to a wide range of higher education courses in fields related to soft computing, information systems, cultural and media studies, and communications theory."--BOOK JACKET."
"<P><EM>Online Communication and Collaboration</EM> presents a timely set of articles that cover a range of different perspectives, both classic and up-to-date.</P>"