Social Networking Communities and E-Dating Services: Concepts and Implications: Concepts and ImplicationsRomm Livermore, Celia, Setzekorn, Kristina IGI Global, 31 août 2008 - 424 pages E-dating is now among the largest global e-commerce sectors, allowing for interaction that was once not possible. Despite its dominance in the e-commerce market and society, it is almost completely absent from the information systems research literature. Social Networking Communities and E-Dating Services: Concepts and Implications rectifies the absence of e-dating literature in the academic community by incorporating research from around the world, addressing the many aspects of e-dating and establishing it as a new research discipline. This unique collection of high quality international articles contributes toward the legitimization of e-dating as an area of research in e-commerce. |
Table des matières
Individual Differences in Social Networking Site Adoption | 1 |
Unraveling the Taste Fabric of Social Networks | 18 |
Mobile Social Networks A New Locus of Innovation | 44 |
Increasing Capital Revenue in Social Networking Communities Building Social and Economic Relationships through Avatars and Characters | 60 |
Collective Solitude and Social Networks in World of Warcraft | 78 |
Collaboration Challenges in Community Telecommunication Networks | 101 |
The Impact of the Internet on Political Activism Evidence from Europe | 123 |
Toward Improved CommunitySupporting Systems Design A Study of Professional Community Activity | 142 |
Virtuality and Reality What Happens When the Two Collide? | 239 |
EDating Services | 252 |
Segmentation Practices of eDating | 253 |
Understanding and Facilitating the Development of Social Networks in Online Dating Communities A Case Study and Model | 266 |
EDating The Five Phases on Online Dating | 278 |
How EDaters Behave Online Theory And Empirical Observations | 292 |
A Trination Analysis of Social Exchange Relationships in EDating | 314 |
Online Matrimonial Sites and the Transformation of Arranged Marriage in India | 329 |
Teens and Social Networking Services An Overview | 160 |
Social Networking Sites for Teenagers and Young Adults | 188 |
Student Use of Social Media University Policy and Response | 189 |
Facebook Follies Who Suffers the Most? | 212 |
Trust in Social Networking Definitions from a Global Cultural Viewpoint | 225 |
Compilation of References | 353 |
About the Contributors | 392 |
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