Virtual Social Network Characterization: Reference Framework for a Comparative Analysis

Bernard Quinio () and Rolande Marciniak
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Bernard Quinio: CEROS - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Organisations et la Stratégie - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre
Rolande Marciniak: IDHE - Institutions et Dynamiques Historiques de l'Economie - ENS Cachan - École normale supérieure - Cachan - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Although social network, social media, social networking site, online game and online community are all terms found in the literature, do they actually refer to radically different environments? The paper proposes a generic definition for Virtual Social Networks (VSNs) and it identifies the environments' five essential dimensions. Thanks to a simple reference framework it becomes possible to compare the research work on the different environments and their varied theoretical approaches. The paper is based on both the literature and original research.

Keywords: Social media; Social networks; Social Network Analysis; Virtual World; TAM; Structuration Theory; Online communities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-12-14
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Published in Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design, Dec 2013, Milan, Italy

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