SOCIAL RESISTANCE AND THE SELF IN VIRTUALCOMMUNITIES

摘要

This paper examines the phenomena of social resistance over the Internet as an important current componentrnof activities in virtual communities. It also examines the various instantiations of the self over the Internet.rnResearch in virtual communities has focused on issues of design to facilitate commerce or informationrninterchange, and on the relations in societies that define or are shaped by technology use. The issuesrnconsidered in this paper straddle both streams, and provide new focus areas for studying virtual communities.