Online Community
Power of technology has changed the rule of the world. Everything is based on technology now. Human with his or her intelligence made something which aim for help to do something efficiently and effectively. We can see our environment where technology has participated in every sector in our lives, in sector of information and communication. The dawn of the information age found groups communicating electronically rather than face to face. Because of distance and time, many people choose this manner and it is facilitated by Internet Technology. With this facility they make online community.
A virtual community or online community is a group of people that primarily or initially communicates or interacts via the Internet. Today, virtual community or online community can be used loosely for a variety of social groups interacting via the Internet. It does not necessarily mean that there is a strong bond among the members. An email distribution list may have hundreds of members and the communication which takes place may be merely informational (questions and answers are posted), but members may remain relatively strangers and the membership turnover rate could be high. This is in line with the liberal use of the term community. It points out the potential benefits for personal psychological well-being, as well as for society at large, of belonging to such a group.
Different virtual communities have different levels of interaction and participation among their members. Not unlike traditional social groups or clubs, virtual communities often divide themselves into cliques or even separate to form new communities. The term "community", when used about virtual communities, is contentious among some circles. The traditional definition of a community is of a geographically circumscribed entity (neighborhoods, villages, etc). Virtual communities, of course, are inherently dispersed geographically, and therefore are not communities under the original definition. However, if one considers communities to simply possess boundaries of some sort between their members and non-members, then a virtual community is certainly a community. The idea of neatly bounded communities is also being critiqued, since communities are fluid just as much as they are static, with members joining and leaving and even being part of different communities simultaneously.
An example for online community is Friendster. Friendster is an internet social network service. The Friendster site was founded in
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- Friendster is one of the most popular online communities in the world.
- There are so many interesting and creative features provided by Friendster.
- How Friendster has been so affective to people in the world, not only teenagers but also adults.
Anthony H - 13504102
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