SOCIAL STRUCTURES IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES -CASE STUDY STARWAKE-
SOCIAL STRUCTURES IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES -CASE STUDY STARWAKE-

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to peek into the intricacies of the social structures that exist in a virtual community formed on computer mediated communication. By means of combined methodologies new social dynamics can be revealed and correlated to traditional ones to further borderline fields of study such as digital anthropology and ethnography. Delving into a theoretical background that is just a few years old this paper also establishes a few milestones in the impact of technological development on society and culture.

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