Virtual community

Author: Howard Rheingold
Publisher: China Machine Press
Publication Date: Not available
Features: In this book, the author takes us on a journey through the "virtual communities" of the online network. He describes a virtual community that is as real as a real-world community and as a hybrid, where people chat, debate, seek information, fall in love, trick others, and organize politically. At the same time, he also tells touching stories, where the protagonists receive emotional support online during devastating illnesses. The author acknowledges that there is a dark side to people's behavior in the computer space. Indeed, as Rheingold himself said, people interact with each other in the computer space, and this is no different from what they do in the physical world.