@inproceedings{6ae48871b6f94729809fa33d342fa913,
title = "Online communities: A social computing perspective",
abstract = "In recent years, the growth of the Internet has facilitated the rapid emergence of online communities. In this paper, we survey key research issues on online communities from the perspectives of both social science and computing technologies. We also sample several major online community applications, and propose some directions for future research.",
keywords = "Computing technology, Online community, Social computing, Social theory",
author = "Xiarong Li and Daniel Zeng and Wenji Mao and Wang, {Fei Yue}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-69304-8_35",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "3540691367",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "355--365",
booktitle = "Intelligence and Security Informatics - IEEE ISI 2008 International Workshops",
note = "IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2008 Workshops: PAISI, PACCF, and SOCO 2008 ; Conference date: 17-06-2008 Through 17-06-2008",
}