{"product_id":"the-virtual-community-homesteading-on-the-electronic-frontier","title":"The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoward Rheingold tours the \"virtual community\" of online networking. Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the \"virtual community\" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical communityone where people talk  argue  seek information  organize politically  fall in love  and dupe others. At the same time that he tells moving stories about people who have received online emotional support during devastating illnesses  he acknowledges a darker side to peoples behavior in cyberspace. Indeed  contends Rheingold  people relate to each other online much the same as they do in physical communities. Originally published in 1993  The Virtual Community is more timely than ever. This edition contains a new chapter  in which the author revisits his ideas about online social communication now that so much more of the worlds population is wired. It also contains an extended bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964815437877,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262681218","price":46.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262681216.jpg?v=1770481162","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-virtual-community-homesteading-on-the-electronic-frontier","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}