I've always thought of online social networking in terms of "friendship" sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter and, until recently, I couldn't really see their full potential in a work-related or education-related environment. The concept of online communities as groups of people getting together online for a specific purpose was more familiar to me through, for example, my experience with online learning communities at CSU and at work through UTSOnline.
Will a study into online communities and social networks change your professional practice?
In this subject I'm interested in finding out if there are ways in which, as an information servicies librarian in a university library, I can better communicate with my student clientle. I train hundreds of students face to face in Library Research Skills. Perhaps there's an equally efficient way I can do this online?
Social Networking
I understand Social Networking to be a concept which evolved from sociology studies in the late 1800's and continues to evolve today, particularly in relation to online communication. It is the act of building a network of social relationships which you can rely on for social, psychological and informational purposes.
Reference
Burkhardt,P.(2009). Social Software Trends in Business. In P. Candace Deans (Ed) Social software and Web 2.0 technology trends (pp. 1-16). Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference.
Online Communities
An Online Community is a community of individuals with a common purpose coming together across time and space thanks to the internet. There are a wide variety of online communities. They can be formed, for example, for educational, social, economic or other purposes. They can vary in size from a couple of members to large groups. They can communicate asynchronously or synchronously using a wide variety of technologies.
Kim (2000, p.x) says that "in terms of their social dynamics, physical and virtual communities are much the same" but "being online offers special opportunities and challenges that give Web communities a unique flavour."
Reference
Kim, A. (2000). Community building on the web. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press.
What do you see as the connection between social network platforms and the development of online communities?
"One of the many uses of a social network is in conjunction with, and as a precursor to, collaboration. Leveraging one’s social network vastly improves the ability to collect the right people and information upon which to collaborate toward a common goal. While social networking is a strong precursor for collaboration, the same cannot be said for the relationship when examined in the inverse order." (Burkhardt, 2009, p.3)
Will a study into online communities and social networks change your professional practice?
In this subject I'm interested in finding out if there are ways in which, as an information servicies librarian in a university library, I can better communicate with my student clientle. I train hundreds of students face to face in Library Research Skills. Perhaps there's an equally efficient way I can do this online?
Social Networking
I understand Social Networking to be a concept which evolved from sociology studies in the late 1800's and continues to evolve today, particularly in relation to online communication. It is the act of building a network of social relationships which you can rely on for social, psychological and informational purposes.
Reference
Burkhardt,P.(2009). Social Software Trends in Business. In P. Candace Deans (Ed) Social software and Web 2.0 technology trends (pp. 1-16). Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference.
Online Communities
An Online Community is a community of individuals with a common purpose coming together across time and space thanks to the internet. There are a wide variety of online communities. They can be formed, for example, for educational, social, economic or other purposes. They can vary in size from a couple of members to large groups. They can communicate asynchronously or synchronously using a wide variety of technologies.
Kim (2000, p.x) says that "in terms of their social dynamics, physical and virtual communities are much the same" but "being online offers special opportunities and challenges that give Web communities a unique flavour."
Reference
Kim, A. (2000). Community building on the web. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press.
What do you see as the connection between social network platforms and the development of online communities?
"One of the many uses of a social network is in conjunction with, and as a precursor to, collaboration. Leveraging one’s social network vastly improves the ability to collect the right people and information upon which to collaborate toward a common goal. While social networking is a strong precursor for collaboration, the same cannot be said for the relationship when examined in the inverse order." (Burkhardt, 2009, p.3)
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