Title: Virtual Community Practices and Social Interactive Media: Technology Lifecycle and Workflow Analysis (Premier Reference Source)
Publisher: Information Science Reference, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1605663409
ISBN 13: 9781605663401
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ

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In recent years, virtual communities have attracted the attention of scientists and researchers across a variety of disciplines as the cross-disciplinary nature of the field creates the potential for a wider impact than initially intended or anticipated. Virtual Community Practices and Social Interactive Media: Technology Lifecycle and Workflow Analysis provides an analysis of virtual communities, explaining their lifecycle in terms of maturity-based models and workflows. An authoritative reference source valuable to academicians, practitioners, and researchers, this book reflects upon key results of research and development projects within online groups.

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Akoumianakis Demosthenes is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Information Technology & Multimedia, Technological Education Institution of Crete. He is also the founder and Director of the Interactive Software and Systems Engineering Laboratory. He received a BA (Hons) in Computing in Business from The University of Huddersfield (1990) and MSc and PhD degrees in Human Computer Interaction from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK in 1995 and 1999 respectively. His work on his final year dissertation was awarded the 1st IBM prize from the Department of Computing & Mathematics of the University of Huddersfield. Prof Akoumianakis has published widely in referred archival scientific journals, international conferences and workshops and is the author of a textbook on Human Computer Interaction (in Greek). He also serves as a member of the scientific committee for various established archival journals, international conferences and national / international standards bodies.

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