Comunidades virtuales en tiempos de flujosel caso de Second Life
ISSN: 1135-7991, 1988-4001
Year of publication: 2008
Issue Title: La mediatización del espacio público
Issue: 13
Pages: 183-193
Type: Article
More publications in: CIC: Cuadernos de información y comunicación
Abstract
This article studies the new forms of emerging sociability in virtual communities that develop thei activity in the context of what is called �society of flows�. Online communities break the traditional sense of community by establishing a new regime based most of the times on the ephemeral and transitory interests of their users. Likewise, the characteristics that define a virtual 3D world as a community and the types of participation and social organisation that happen within will be explored here using the case of �Second life� as an example.