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Online Communities
Jennifer Preece
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Description for Online Communities
Paperback. The Internet is a social as well as technical phenomenon and at its current stage of development, people are still hungry to learn more about effective methods for "communicating" over the net. The design tools available to web developers are the enabling technologies, and the impact of one upon the other is the territory of this book. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 846.
The purpose of the book is to set up a framework for discussions on social and technical issues of online communities. Designing usability and supporting sociability lays a solid foundation on which online communities can grow and thrive. Intended for both students and computer professionals, the book addresses the development of new online communities as well as the improvement of existing ones. It is divided into two parts - Getting Acquainted with Online Communities and Developing Online Communities - along with a preface and a concluding chapter which explores the future of online communities. For sample chapters and other resources, ... Read more
The purpose of the book is to set up a framework for discussions on social and technical issues of online communities. Designing usability and supporting sociability lays a solid foundation on which online communities can grow and thrive. Intended for both students and computer professionals, the book addresses the development of new online communities as well as the improvement of existing ones. It is divided into two parts - Getting Acquainted with Online Communities and Developing Online Communities - along with a preface and a concluding chapter which explores the future of online communities. For sample chapters and other resources, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471805991
SKU
V9780471805991
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Jennifer Preece
Jenny Preece is Professor and Chair of Information Systems at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where she teaches online communities and human-computer interaction. Prior to coming to the USA she chaired the first distance education course at the Open University in the UK. She has authored a leading text on Human-Computer Interaction and numerous other publications.
Reviews for Online Communities
"provides a good balance between theory and practise" (Software Focus, December 2001) "I like the slightly zany drawings" "People will say I wish I'd had this book before now"." (Computer & Education, No. 36, 2001) "…an excellent book…my best recommendations…" (Jnl of Computing and Information Technology, March 2003)