| LC control no. | sh2006006990 |
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| LC classification | HM742 |
| Topical heading | Online social networks |
| Variant(s) | Communities, Online (Online social networks) Communities, Virtual (Online social networks) Electronic social networks Online communities (Online social networks) Social networking Web sites Virtual communities |
| See also | Social media Social networks Sociotechnical systems Web sites |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on Web services, such as Facebook, Twitter, etc., that enable people to meet, interact with, and develop personal relationships with others. |
| Found in | Work cat.: MySpace & MyKids, c2007. ASTI, viewed Sept. 21, 2006 (Social networks) Readers' guide, viewed Sept. 21, 2006 (in abstracts: Social-networking Web sites) Google search, Sept. 22, 2006 (online social networks; electronic social networks) WhatIs.com via TechTarget, viewed online May 2, 2019 (virtual community: a community of people sharing common interests, ideas, and feelings over the Internet or other collaborative networks) Britannica online, March 6, 2019 (Virtual community: a group of people, who may or may not meet one another face to fact, who exchange words and ideas through the mediation of digital networks) Wikipedia, Mar. 6, 2019 (virtual community is soeical network of individuals who interact through specific social media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests of goals) 2017418679: Catholic communities online, 2015 Kiene, Charles. Challenges and adaptations to technological change in online communities, 2020: p. 8 (Each of the communities represented in our study began as subcommunities of Reddit) |
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