Finding One's Own Space in Cyberspace.

Bruckman, Amy

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ERIC Number: EJ516502

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Publication Date: 1996

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Finding One's Own Space in Cyberspace.

Bruckman, Amy

Technology Review, v99 n1 p48-54 Jan 1996

Discusses the availability of virtual communities on the Internet. Stresses that there are online environments for nearly everyone, and offers advice for those designing new communities by relating experiences from the development of the specialized MediaMOO, a multiuser dungeon. Discusses restricting access, shaping development of the community, policies on anonymity, and fees. (JKP)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Fees, Information Networks, Information Sources, Internet, Online Systems, Policy Formation, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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