Applied multivariate statistics for the social sciences
Applied multivariate statistics for the social sciences
New community networks: wired for change
New community networks: wired for change
Explanations for the perpetration of and reactions to deception in a virtual community
Social Science Computer Review - Special issue: Psychology and the internet
Sense of Virtual Community: A Conceptual Framework and Empirical Validation
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Communities and technologies
Eliciting a sense of virtual community among knowledge contributors
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Antecedents of an experienced sense of virtual community
Computers in Human Behavior
INTERACT'11 Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part III
Sense of virtual community: A follow up on its measurement
Computers in Human Behavior
Understanding sustained participation in transactional virtual communities
Decision Support Systems
The positive outcomes of a sense of virtual community
International Journal of Web Based Communities
Social Science Computer Review
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A distinguishing feature of virtual communities is their sense of community, i.e., their participants' feelings of membership, identity, influence, and attachment with each other. This study tests a model in which members' perceptions of the group's norms mediate the relationships between supporting each other and identifying each other with the members' sense of virtual community. Two studies were conducted providing partial support for the model. The results show that the perception of norms mediate the relationship between SOVC and (a) observing and publicly exchanging support, (b) perceiving that others know one's identity, and (c) using technical features to learn and create identity. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.