How to address group dynamics in virtual worlds

AI and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-371

  Nicolopoulou, Katerina ^a   Koštomaj, Mitja ^b   Campos, Andre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Electronic togetherness; Epistemology; Gestalt; Group dynamics; Interaction design; Online facilitation; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC TOGETHERNESS; EPISTEMOLOGY; GESTALT; GROUP DYNAMICS; INTERACTION DESIGN; ONLINE FACILITATION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 33745135469     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-005-0027-0     Document Type: Article

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