1. Online Communities
... 50 million CMC users worldwide (Cronin, 2001) this powerful form of communications has the potential to affect the nature of social life in terms of both interpersonal relationships and the character of community. The existence of computer-linked communities was predicted 45 years ago by J.C.R. Licklider and Robert Taylor, who as research directors for the Department of Defence in the U.S, ... potential lies in its democratising power, enabling a multitude of people to communicate information with each other at speeds and distances formerly only available to corporate broadcasting powe...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate