Virtual Community as Platform Social Cohesion: A Case Study of Iraq

The Internet users are growing steadily in the field of social networks such as forums, blogs and groups. This life has created virtual communities which inherited all the advantages of the Internet on the one hand, and a structure of traditional communities on the other. This research was conducted...

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Main Author: Shawkat, Aymen Riyadh
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Published: 2010
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spelling my-uum-etd.21872013-07-24T12:14:48Z Virtual Community as Platform Social Cohesion: A Case Study of Iraq 2010-04 Shawkat, Aymen Riyadh Kasiran, Mohd Khairudin College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) College of Arts and Sciences TK5101-6720 Telecommunication The Internet users are growing steadily in the field of social networks such as forums, blogs and groups. This life has created virtual communities which inherited all the advantages of the Internet on the one hand, and a structure of traditional communities on the other. This research was conducted to study the possibility to take advantage of the facilities offered by virtual communities, and used it to build social cohesion, through the investigation of the existence of factors affecting social cohesion within the virtual community. The hypothesis was tested on Iraq, a country that suffers from divisions and problems of political and social, through the selection of samples from the virtual community of Iraq and analyze data using content analysis technique; In addition, comparison of results derived from the virtual community with traditional society That showed great similarity, and the possibility of using ICT to build cohesion and community development, Which opens the door for more studies to organize the process and develop in the future. 2010-04 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2187/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2187/1/Aymen_Riyadh_Shawkat.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/2187/2/1.Aymen_Riyadh_Shawkat.pdf application/pdf eng public http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000757846 masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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Shawkat, Aymen Riyadh
Virtual Community as Platform Social Cohesion: A Case Study of Iraq
description The Internet users are growing steadily in the field of social networks such as forums, blogs and groups. This life has created virtual communities which inherited all the advantages of the Internet on the one hand, and a structure of traditional communities on the other. This research was conducted to study the possibility to take advantage of the facilities offered by virtual communities, and used it to build social cohesion, through the investigation of the existence of factors affecting social cohesion within the virtual community. The hypothesis was tested on Iraq, a country that suffers from divisions and problems of political and social, through the selection of samples from the virtual community of Iraq and analyze data using content analysis technique; In addition, comparison of results derived from the virtual community with traditional society That showed great similarity, and the possibility of using ICT to build cohesion and community development, Which opens the door for more studies to organize the process and develop in the future.
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author Shawkat, Aymen Riyadh
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title Virtual Community as Platform Social Cohesion: A Case Study of Iraq
title_short Virtual Community as Platform Social Cohesion: A Case Study of Iraq
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title_fullStr Virtual Community as Platform Social Cohesion: A Case Study of Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Virtual Community as Platform Social Cohesion: A Case Study of Iraq
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