TY - GEN
T1 - The mutual development of role, rule, and tool through the VCOM project
AU - Miyagawa, Shoko
AU - Kaneko, Ikuyo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Communities on the Internet have developed to the stage where they are no longer a mere "virtual existence". Though these network communities have little to do with "real society", they are nonetheless a very real existence as they have a substantial and firm effect on society. To enhance the activities of network communities, utilization of IT tools is indispensable. However, design and development of community-oriented tools is not an easy task because tools should reflect the characteristics shared in the communities, which never cease to change. In this paper, we propose three aspects to characterize network communities: role, rule and tool. We will also introduce the interpenetration of these three aspects through the activities of the VCOM project, which is driven by Keio University. Finally, we discuss the indispensable characteristics of IT tools for network communities, which are regarded as having an important role to play as a real existence in the future society.
AB - Communities on the Internet have developed to the stage where they are no longer a mere "virtual existence". Though these network communities have little to do with "real society", they are nonetheless a very real existence as they have a substantial and firm effect on society. To enhance the activities of network communities, utilization of IT tools is indispensable. However, design and development of community-oriented tools is not an easy task because tools should reflect the characteristics shared in the communities, which never cease to change. In this paper, we propose three aspects to characterize network communities: role, rule and tool. We will also introduce the interpenetration of these three aspects through the activities of the VCOM project, which is driven by Keio University. Finally, we discuss the indispensable characteristics of IT tools for network communities, which are regarded as having an important role to play as a real existence in the future society.
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U2 - 10.1007/3-540-46422-0_14
DO - 10.1007/3-540-46422-0_14
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85032036297
SN - 9783540672654
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 165
EP - 178
BT - Digital Cities - Technologies, Experiences, and Future Perspectives
A2 - Ishida, Toru
A2 - Isbister, Katherine
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 1st Kyoto Workshop on Digital Cities, 1999
Y2 - 1 September 1999 through 1 September 1999
ER -