A Romania of the imagination: Formula As, virtual community, and normative behavior
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https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v13i11.2257Keywords:
virtual communities, theory of normative behaviorAbstract
Using concepts from the Theory of Normative Behavior (Burnett, et al., 2001), this article examines a print-based virtual community that interacts in the pages of a Romanian magazine named Formula As that focuses on publishing letters from its readers. This community constitutes a textually-mediated Small World, comprised of members who share a specific set of common interests and accepted modes of interaction. Its publicly visible activities—embodied as texts in the magazine’s pages—reveal a specific Worldview, as well as specific sets of Social Norms, Social Types, and Information Behaviors. Together, these features comprise the normative shape of the Formula As Small World.Downloads
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2008-10-27
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Burnett, G., & Nocasian, M. (2008). A Romania of the imagination: Formula As, virtual community, and normative behavior. First Monday, 13(11). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v13i11.2257
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