Blogs as Virtual Communities: Identifying a Sense of Community in the Julie/Julia Project
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Blanchard, Anita
Into the Blogosphere
2004

Abstract:

We must understand, first, why virtual communities are considered important, and, second, what the characteristics of a virtual community are. Then, we must determine if at least some blogs have these characteristics.