Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences: Social Structure of Online Communities, The

Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences: Social Structure of Online Communities, The
William Sims Bainbridge
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31 Mar 2020 UK
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9781108499132
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With great potential benefit and possible harm, online social media platforms are transforming human society. Based on decades of deep exploration, distinguished scholar William Bainbridge surveys our complex virtual society, harvesting insights about the future of our real world. Many pilot studies demonstrate valuable research methods and explanatory theories. Tracing membership interlocks between Facebook groups can chart the structure of a social movement, like the one devoted to future spaceflight development. Statistical data on the roles played by people in massively multiplayer online games illustrate the Silicon Law: Information technology energizes both freedom and control, in a dynamic balance. The significance of open-source software suggests the traditional distinction between professional and amateur may fade, whereas web-based conflicts between religious and political groups imply that chasms are opening in civil society. This analyses of online space and the divergent communities is long overdue.

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Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences: Social Structure of Online Communities, The

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ISBN-13: 9781108499132
Published: 31 Mar 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Pages: 400

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