DocumentCode
2640440
Title
The power relation in virtual communities — Taking “Chinese Muslim Community” as the example
Author
Shaohua Huang ; Hongcheng Shen
Author_Institution
Ningbo Inst. of Technol., Zhejiang Univ., Ningbo, China
fYear
2010
fDate
16-17 Aug. 2010
Firstpage
26
Lastpage
29
Abstract
As a new community, the virtual community is rising along with the development of Internet. Netizens establish and develop new forms of power relation through online interaction. In the condition of body absence, reconstructing rules, argument of opinions and collectively resisting become the main ways of power relation. Cyberpower is a flowing power. Its body, object and ways become uncertain.
Keywords
Internet; social aspects of automation; Chinese Muslim Community; Internet; cyberpower; power relation; virtual community; Avatars; Communities; Cyberspace; Internet; Planning; Presses; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Web Society (SWS), 2010 IEEE 2nd Symposium on
Conference_Location
Beijing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6356-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SWS.2010.5607484
Filename
5607484
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