VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES
By: Kristal Beachy

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Virtual Communities are 'meeting' places on the Internet where people with similar interests can go to 'talk'. "Virtual community is a term commonly used to described various forms of computer-mediated communication, particularly long-term, textually mediated conversations among large groups. It is a group of people who may or may not meet one another face-to-face, and who exchange words and ideas through the mediation of computer networks and bulletin boards" (www.members.cox.net/vmontecino/def-virt-comm.html).

The virtual community I chose to investigate is Teachers.net. To find this community I went to Yahoo! and entered the keyword "teachers." I then had to search through the list and find a site that met the definition of virtual community we learned about in class. I believe this site met the definition and I will show that through this document.

 

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