%0 Journal Article %1 hercheui_literature_2011 %A Hercheui, Magda D. %D 2011 %J Information, Communication & Society %K digital intellectual internalist internet literature-review virtual %N 1 %P 1--23 %T A Literature Review of Virtual Communities %V 14 %X Reviewing the literature on the domain of virtual communities, this research finds that there is still an important gap in the scholarly understanding of how institutions influence online spaces of interaction. The theme of institutions has been marginal to most of the academic research in the domain of virtual communities, with few exceptions. This paper proposes that an institutional perspective would permit a better understanding on the whys of online behaviours and explores the potential contributions of such an approach.

@article{hercheui_literature_2011, abstract = {Reviewing the literature on the domain of virtual communities, this research finds that there is still an important gap in the scholarly understanding of how institutions influence online spaces of interaction. The theme of institutions has been marginal to most of the academic research in the domain of virtual communities, with few exceptions. This paper proposes that an institutional perspective would permit a better understanding on the whys of online behaviours and explores the potential contributions of such an approach.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Hercheui, Magda D.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b15b6f256c5a2f71a12b82fb46fed109/jpooley}, interhash = {0bb5fca668c050582e415ad9d3b3f5d9}, intrahash = {b15b6f256c5a2f71a12b82fb46fed109}, journal = {Information, Communication \& Society}, keywords = {digital intellectual internalist internet literature-review virtual}, month = feb, number = 1, pages = {1--23}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {A {{Literature Review}} of {{Virtual Communities}}}, volume = 14, year = 2011 }