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International contributors in computer science, economics, marketing, knowledge management, and information and media studies examine theoretical and practical aspects of creating and analyzing virtual communities. The first section of the book offers background on the emergence of virtual communities and presents criteria for examining them. The next set of chapters offers insight on monitoring the content and structure of virtual communities and analyzing user's behavior, and the third section looks at the development of domain-specific virtual communities, focusing on collaborative online laboratories, collaborative cultural text translation, and collaborative design and simulation. The book's final section describes semantic models used to link virtual communities, discusses issues of identification and self-verification, and explores aspects of governing virtual communities. The book's audience includes researchers, advanced students, and practitioners. El Morr is affiliated with York University, Canada. Maret is affiliated with the Universit茅 St. Etienne, France. Annotation 漏2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)