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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 42 , Issue 12 (December 1999) table of contents

Pages: 64 - 70

Year of Publication: 1999

ISSN:0001-0782

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Magid Igbaria

Claremont Graduate Univ., Claremont, CA; and Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv, Israel

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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Downloads (6 Weeks): 20, Downloads (12 Months): 150, Citation Count: 7

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CITED BY 7

	Heberto J. Ochoa-Morales, Social responsibility and the transition toward a knowledge-based society in Latin America, Current security management & Ethical issues of information technology, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, 2003
	Hock-Hai Teo , Hock-Chuan Chan , Kwok-Kee Wei , Zhongju Zhang, Evaluating information accessibility and community adaptivity features for sustaining virtual learning communities, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, v.59 n.5, p.671-697, November 2003
	Bill Martin, Information society revisited: from vision to reality, Journal of Information Science, v.31 n.1, p.4-12, February 2005
	George P. Schell, Universities marginalize online courses, Communications of the ACM, v.47 n.7, p.53-56, July 2004
	Derrick J. Neufeld , Yulin Fang, Individual, social and situational determinants of telecommuter productivity, Information and Management, v.42 n.7, p.1037-1049, October 2005
	Vicki P. Rainey, The Potential For Miscommunication Using E-Mail As A Source Of Communication, Journal of Integrated Design & Process Science, v.4 n.4, p.21-43, December 2000
	Eunyoung Cheon , JoongHo Ahn, Virtual community 101: know your virtual community and members, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication, January 15-16, 2009, Suwon, Korea

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY

General Terms:
Human Factors, Languages

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This brief article surveys the broad needs of society, economics, and management that are driving the creation of virtual society. Briefly stated, these forces are global economies, governments that provide the foundation for change, and an en more...

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