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E-communities: Soziale Identifikation Mit Virtuellen Gemeinschaften

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Leben in der e-Society

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Mindestens 40 Millionen Menschen sind weltweit bereits Mitglied einer e-community (Giesen; 2000). Laut der ARD/ZDF-Online-Studie 2000 nutzen 24% der deutschen Internetnutzer mindestens einmal wöchentlich Gesprächsforen, Newsgroups oder Chats. Weitere sieben Prozent beteiligen sich an Multi-user-Spielen (van Eimeren & Gerhard, 2000). Was fasziniert Menschen an diesen e-communities, an virtuellen Gemeinschaften? Was genau verbirgt sich hinter diesem Begriff? Handelt es sich dabei tatsächlich um Gemeinschaften, d.h. existiert eine Bindung an das entsprechende Online-Forum?

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    Sonja Utz

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  1. Institut für Kommunikationsnetze, Technische Universität München, Arcisstraße 21, D-80290, München, Germany

    Jörg Eberspächer

  2. IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schönaicher Straße 220, D-71032, Böblingen, Germany

    Udo Hertz

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Utz, S. (2002). E-communities: Soziale Identifikation Mit Virtuellen Gemeinschaften. In: Eberspächer, J., Hertz, U. (eds) Leben in der e-Society. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56059-0_14

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