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Bellini CG, Vargas LM. Rationale for internet-mediated communities. Cyberpsychol Behav. 2003;6(1):3-14doi: 10.1089/109493103321167929.
Bellini, C. G., & Vargas, L. M. (2003). Rationale for internet-mediated communities. Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society, 6(1), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1089/109493103321167929
Bellini, Carlo Gabriel Porto, and Vargas, Lilia Maria. "Rationale for internet-mediated communities." Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society vol. 6,1 (2003): 3-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/109493103321167929
Bellini CG, Vargas LM. Rationale for internet-mediated communities. Cyberpsychol Behav. 2003 Feb;6(1):3-14. doi: 10.1089/109493103321167929. PMID: 12650559.
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Cyberpsychol Behav. 2003 Feb;6(1):3-14. doi: 10.1089/109493103321167929.

Rationale for internet-mediated communities.

Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society

Carlo Gabriel Porto Bellini, Lilia Maria Vargas

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  1. Postgraduate Program on Administration, School of Administration, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. [email protected]

PMID: 12650559 DOI: 10.1089/109493103321167929

Abstract

This article discusses the theoretical foundations of Internet-mediated communities (IMCs), i.e., groups of people who share interests and make use at some time of the same Internet tools (for instance, a web site-the special concern of this study) in order to exchange information about the shared interests. From November 1999 to February 2001 a rationale was developed and validated for such communities and their web sites, due to the lack of theory unification in the field. The authors carried out five case studies of widely known IMCs, seven action researches with established groups of people who were given customized web sites to mediate their interaction, and an exploratory research supported by open-ended interviews with those groups. Additional empirical research is now needed to apply the theoretical grounds here developed to varying IMC contexts and to different communication technologies.

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