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
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New York : John Wiley, c2000.
Physical Description
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xxiv, 439 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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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
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Computer networks -- Social aspects.
Internet -- Social aspects.
Interpersonal communication.
Electronic Access
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