Online communities : designing usability, supporting sociability
by
 
Preece, Jenny, 1949-

Title
Online communities : designing usability, supporting sociability

Author
Preece, Jenny, 1949-

ISBN
9780471805991

Personal Author
Preece, Jenny, 1949-

Publication Information
New York : John Wiley, c2000.

Physical Description
xxiv, 439 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents
Pt. 1. Getting Acquainted with Online Communities -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Community Tours -- 3. Sociability: Purpose, People, and Policies -- 4. Usability: Tasks, Users, and Software -- 5. Research Speaks to Practice: Interpersonal Communication -- 6. Research Speaks to Practice: Groups -- Pt. 2. Developing Online Communities -- 7. Community-Centered Development -- 8. Selecting Software -- 9. Guidelines: Sociability and Usability -- 10. Assessing Needs and Evaluating Communities -- 11. Development Case Studies -- 12. Looking to the Future.

Subject Term
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
 
Internet -- Social aspects.
 
Interpersonal communication.

Electronic Access
Table of Contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix06/00036504.html