Grassroots Initiated Networked Communities: A Study of Hybrid Physical/Virtual Communities

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Mark Gaved, The Open University, Paul Mulholland, The Open University

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Virtual communities have been the focus of research since the beginning of the Internet. A more recent phenomenon is the hybrid networked community: a physical community extended by a network infrastructure, seeking to enhance existing social interactions, storage and dissemination of knowledge using both online and offline channels of communication.

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Grassroots Initiated Networked Communities: A Study of Hybrid Physical/Virtual Communities