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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| Social Networks in Transnational and Virtual Communities |
| Nathan Vivian and Fay Sudweeks |
| Murdoch University, Australia |
| Murdoch University, Australia |
| There has been extensive research on social networks but little is known about why some communities survive and |
| some disintegrate. This paper provides a framework to explain similarities in many types of communities. In |
| particular, a comparison of transnational communities and virtual communities high-lights the efficacy of the |
| framework in explaining how strong relationships within communities are de-pendent on social formation factors |
| such as a sense of identity, social structures and social capital. |
| Keywords: Social networks, transnational communities, virtual communities, social formation, social spaces. |
ISSN
1535-07-03
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