Exploring Virtual Communities with the Internet Community Text Analyzer (ICTA)

In the age of cheap digital data storage more and more online interactions among people are being captured and stored for posterity. This treasure trove of data represents a unique opportunity for social scientists and Internet researchers to study and better understand the inner workings of virtual communities. Researchers can now easily scrutinize these recorded interactions and answer questions like: how and why one virtual community emerges and another dies, how people agree on common practices and rules in a virtual community, and how they share knowledge and information among group members. Answers to these and other related questions will allow us to understand basic processes such as how people meet, communicate, and establish social relationships. It will also help practitioners to develop new technologies to better serve the information needs of different communities. For instance, social networking websites like Facebook and ABSTRACT

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