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		Image from Amazon.com	The wealth of networks : how social production transforms markets and freedom / Yochai Benkler by Benkler, Yochai Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New Haven, Conn. : Yale Univ. Press, c2006 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM851 B464W. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Culture of the internet by Kiesler, Sara, ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997 Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Handbook of research on methods and techniques for studying virtual communities : paradigms and phenomena / Ben Kei Daniel, [editor]. by Daniel, Ben Kei, 1971- [ed.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : Information Science Reference, c2011 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: TK5105.83 H362 2011 V.2. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Virtual ethnography by Hine, Christine Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Sage, 2000 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM221 H563V. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Virtual culture : identity and communication in cybersociety / edited by Steven G. Jones by Jones, Steven G [ed.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Sage, 1998 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (2)Call number: HM221 V577, ... Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Digital habitats : stewarding technology for communities / Etienne Wenger, Nancy White and John D. Smith by Wenger, Etienne, 1952- White, Nancy Smith, John D Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Portland, Or. : CPsquare, 2009 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HD30.2 W463D. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Resisting the virtual life : the culture and politics of information / edited by James Brook and Iain A. Boal by Brook, James, 1951- [ed.] Boal, Iain A [ed.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: General; Publication details: San Francisco, Calif. : City Lights, c1995 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM851 R474. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			CyberSociety 2.0 : revisiting computer-mediated communication and community by Jones, Steven G., ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1998 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: TK5105.5 C923. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Community informatics [electronic resource] : enabling communities with information and communications technologies / [edited by] Michael Gurstein. by Gurstein, Michael [ed.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Hershey, PA : Idea Group Pub., c2000 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Virtual politics : identity and community in cyberspace by Holmes, David, ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Sage, 1997 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM221 V577. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Race in cyberspace by Kolko, Beth E., ed Nakamura, Lisa, ed Rodman, Gilbert B., ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2000 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HT1523 R323. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	The modem world : a prehistory of social media / Kevin Driscoll by Driscoll, Kevin [author.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Copyright date: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2022 Other title: Prehistory of social media Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Being digital by Negroponte, Nicholas Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Coronet Books, 1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: TK5103.7 N437B. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Being digital by Negroponte, Nicholas Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Alfred A. Knopf, 1995 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: TK5103.7 N437B. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Composing cyberspace : identity, community, and knowledge in the electronic age by Holeton, Richard Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, 1998 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM131 H643C. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)