A Recipe for Creating a Web-Based Virtual Community

Authors

• Eva Haviarova, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Richard P. Vlosky, Louisiana State UniversityFollow

Volume

47

Issue

4

Abstract

The Internet has fundamentally changed the way people communicate, creating a means to reach vast audiences. Generally, on-line communication can be informational, transactional, and/or communicational. The Internet can also facilitate complex technical information sharing. Transmission of ideas and information in an on-line mode is rapid and available regardless of how geographically dispersed people may be. In other words, unlike physical communities, on-line communities do not require spatial proximity for members. In this article, we break down the general steps required to ideate, create, and launch a successful on-line generic Internet-based community.

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Recommended Citation

Haviarova, E., & Vlosky, R. P. (2009). A Recipe for Creating a Web-Based Virtual Community. Journal of Extension, 47(4), Article 6. https://commons.joe.org/joe/vol47/iss4/6