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Acar, A. (2008). Antecedents and consequences of online social networking behavior: The case of Facebook. Journal of Website Promotion, 33, 62-83.

Adler, P. A., & Adler, P. (2008). The cyber worlds of self-injurers: Deviant communities, relationships, and selves. Symbolic Interaction, 31, 33-56.

Ahuja, M. K., & Galvin, J. E. (2003). Socialization in virtual groups. Journal of Management, 29, 161-185.

Aiken, M., & Waller, B. (2000). Flaming among first-time group support system users. Information & Management, 37, 95-100.

Alemi, F., Haack, M., Nemes, S., Harge, A., & Baghi, H. (2010). Impact of online counseling on drug use: A pilot study. Quality Management in Health Care, 19, 62-69.

Allan, B., & Lewis, D. (2006). Virtual learning communities as a vehicle for workforce development: A case study. Journal of Workplace Learning, 18, 367-383.

Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2005). Internet minimal group paradigm. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 8, 140-142.

Anderson, A. H., McEwan, R., Bal, J., & Carletta, J. (2007). Virtual team meetings: An analysis of communication and context. Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 2558-2580.

Antheunis, M. L., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2010). Getting acquainted through social network sites: Testing a model of online uncertainty reduction and social attraction. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 100-109.

Aydos‌, L., Titov,‌ N., & Andrews, ‌G. (2009). Shyness 5: The clinical effectiveness of Internet-based clinician-assisted treatment of social phobia. Australasian Psychiatry, 17, 488-492.

Bagozzi, R. P., Dholakia, U. M., & Mookerjee, A. (2006). Individual and group bases of social influence in online environments. Media Psychology, 8, 95-126.

Baker, J. R., & Moore, S. M. (2008). Distress, coping, and blogging: Comparing new Myspace users by their intention to blog. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11, 81-85.

Ballard, C., & Prine, R. (2002). Citizen perceptions of community policing. Social Science Computer Review, 20, 485-493.

Barak, A., & Gluck-Ofri, O. (2007). Degree and reciprocity of self-disclosure in online forums. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10, 407-417.

Barker , V. (2009). Older adolescents' motivations for social network site use: The influence of gender, group identity, and collective self-esteem. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 12, 209-213.

Baym, N. K., & Ledbetter, A. (2009). Tunes that bind? Predicting friendship strength in a music-based social network. Information, Communication & Society, 12, 408-427.

Beer, D. (2008). Social network(ing) sites... revisiting the story so far: A response to danah boyd & Nicole Ellison. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 516-529.

Bell, V. (2007). Online information, extreme communities and Internet therapy: Is the Internet good for our mental health? Journal of Mental Health, 16, 445-457.

Biddix, J. P., &  Park, H. W. (2008). Online networks of student protest: The case of the living wage campaign. New Media & Society, 10, 871-891.

Birchmeier, Z., Joinson, A. N., & Dietz-Uhler, B. (2005). Storming and forming a normative response to a deception revealed online. Social Science Computer Review, 23, 108-121.

Blanchard, A. L. (2007). Developing a sense of virtual community measure. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10, 827-830.

Blanchard, A. L. (2008). Testing a model of sense of virtual community. Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 2107-2123.

Blood, R. (2004). How blogging software reshapes the online community. Communications of the ACM, 47, 53-55.

Boon, S., & Sinclair, C. (2009). A world I don't inhabit: Disquiet and identity in Second Life and Facebook. Educational Media International, 46, 99-110.

Booth, P. (2008). Rereading fandom: MySpace character personas and narrative identification. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 25, 514-536.

Borgida, E., Sullivan, J. L., Oxendine, A., Jackson, M. S., & Gangl, A. (2002). Civic culture meets the digital divide : The role of community electronic networks. Journal of Social Issues, 58, 125-141.

Bos, N., Zimmerman, A.,  Olson, J.,  Yew, J.,  Yerkie, J.,  Dahl, E., &  Olson, G. (2007). From shared databases to communities of practice: A taxonomy of collaboratories. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12, 652-672.

Boyd, D. M., & Ellison, N. B. (2008). Social network sites: Definition, history, and scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 210-230.

Brandon, D. P., & Hillingshead, A. B. (2007). Characterizing online groups. In A. Joinson, K. McKenna, T. Postmes & U. Reips (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of Internet psychology (pp. 105-120). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Brukman, A. (2006). Learning in online communities. In R. K. Sawyer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences (pp. 461-472). Boston, MA: Cambridge University Press.

Burri, M., Baujard, V., & Etter, J.-F. (2006). A qualitative analysis of an Internet discussion forum for recent ex-smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research,  8, 13-19.

Campbell-Grossman, C. K., Brage Hudson, D., Keating-Lefler, R., & Heusinkvelt, S. (2009). New mothers network: The provision of social support to single, low-income, African American mothers via e-mail messages. Journal of Family Nursing, 15, 220-236.

Carlson, J. R., George, J. F., Burgoon, J. K., Adkins, M., &. White, C. H. (2004). Deception in computer-mediated communication. Group Decision and Negotiation, 13, 5–28.

Carroll, J. M., Rosson, M. B., Kavanaugh, A, Dunlap, D., Schafer, W., Snook, J., & Isenhour, P. (2006). Social and civic participation in a community network. In R. Kraut, M. Brynin, & S. Kiesler (Eds.), Computers, phones, and the Internet: Domesticating information technology (pp. 168-184). New York: Oxford University Press.

Castelli, L., Corazzini, L. L., & Geminiani, G. C. (2008). Spatial navigation in large-scale virtual environments: Gender differences in survey tasks. Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 1643-1667.

Cavaglion, G. (2008). Voices of coping in an Italian self-help virtual community of cyberporn dependents. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11, 599-601.

Chang, C. K., Chen, G. D., & Li, L. Y. (2008). Constructing a community of practice to improve coursework activity. Computers & Education, 50, 235-247.

Chau, M., & Xu, J. (2007). Mining communities and their relationships in blogs: A study of online hate groups. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 65, 57-70.

Cheung, C. M. K., & Lee, M. K. O. (2009). Understanding the sustainability of a virtual community: Model development and empirical test. Journal of Information Science, 35, 279-298.

Cho, H. C., & Lee, J. S. (2008). Collaborative information seeking in intercultural computer-mediated communication groups - Testing the influence of social context using social network analysis. Communication Research, 35, 548-573.

Christofides, E., Muise, A., & Desmarais, S. (2009). Information disclosure and control on facebook: Are they two sides of the same coin or two different processes? CyberPsychology & Behavior, 12, 341-345.

Chu, K.-M. (2009). A study of members’ helping behaviors in online community. Internet Research, 19, 279-292.

Clouder, L., Dalley, J., Hargreaves, J., Parkes, S., Sellars, J., & Toms, J. (2009). Electronic [re]constitution of groups: Group dynamics from face-to-face to an online setting. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 1, 467-480.

Coleman, L. J., & Bahnan, N. (2009). Segmentation practices of e-dating. In C. Romm-Livermore & K. Setzekorn (Eds.), Social networking communities and e-dating services: Concepts and implications (pp. 253-265). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference/IGI Global.

Contractor, N. (2009). The emergence of multidimensional networks. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14, 743-747.

Cox, A. M. (2008). Flickr: a case study of Web2.0. New Information Perspectives, 60, 493-516.

Daley, L. K., Spalla, T. L., Arndt, M. J., & Warnes, A. M. (2008). Videoconferencing and Web-based conferencing to enhance learning communities. Journal of Nursing Education, 47, 78-81.

Danowski, J. A., & Park, D. W. (2009). Networks of the dead or alive in cyberspace: Public intellectuals in the mass and Internet media. New Media & Society, 11, 337-356.

Davidson, B. (1998). The Internet and the large group. Group Analysis, 31, 457-471.

Davidson, J. (2008). Autistic culture online: Virtual communication and cultural expression on the spectrum. Social & Cultural Geography, 9, 791-806.

Debatin, B., Lovejoy, J. P., Horn, A.-K., & Hughes, B. N. (2009). Facebook and online privacy: Attitudes, behaviors, and unintended consequences. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15, 83-108.

De Cindio, F., Gentile, O., Grew, P., & Redolfi., D. (2003). Community Networks: Rules of behavior and social structure. The Information Society, 19, 395-406.

Diehl, W. C., & Prins, E. (2008). Unintended outcomes in Second Life: Intercultural literacy and cultural identity in a virtual world. Language and Intercultural Communication, 8, 101-118.

Dino, A., Reysen, S., & Branscombe, N. R. (2009). Online interactions between group members who differ in status. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 28, 85-93.

Donath, J. S. (1999). Identity and deception in the virtual community. In P. Kollock & A. S. Smith, (Eds.), Communities in Cyberspace (29-59). London, UK: Routledge.

Dong, Q., Urista, M. A., & Gundrum, D. (2008). The impact of emotional intelligence, self-esteem, and self-image on romantic communication over MySpace. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11, 577-578.

Douglas, K. M. (2007). Psychology, discrimination and hate groups online. In A. Joinson, K. McKenna, T. Postmes & U. Reips (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of Internet psychology (pp. 155-164). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Drentea, P., & Moren-Cross, J. L. (2005). Social capital and social support on the web: The case of an Internet mother site. Sociology of Health & Illness, 27, 920-943.

Dumont, G., & Candler, G. (2005).  Virtual jungles: Survival, accountability, and governance in online communities. American Review of Public Administration, 35, 287-299.

Duffy, M. E. (2003). Web of hate: A fantasy theme analysis of the rhetorical vision of hate groups online. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 27, 291-312.

Dutta-Bergman, M. J. (2005). Access to the Internet in the context of community participation and community satisfaction. New Media & Society, 7, 89-109.

Ellison, N. B., Steinfield, C., & Lampe, C. (2007). The benefits of facebook "Friends:" Social capital and  college students’ use of online social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12, 1143-1168.

Elm, M. S. (2009). “Teenagers get undressed on the Internet” young people’s exposure of bodies in a Swedish Internet community. Nordicom Review, 30, 87-103.

Enders, A., Hungenberg, H., Denker, H.-P., & Mauch, S.(2008). The long tail of social networking: Revenue models of social networking sites. European Management Journal, 26, 199-211.

Fang, Y.-H., & Chiu, C.-M. (2010). In justice we trust: Exploring knowledge-sharing continuance intentions in virtual communities of practice. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 235-246.

Farooq, U., Ganoe, C. H., Xiao, L., Merkel, C. B., Rosson, M. B., & Carroll, J. M. (2007). Supporting community-based learning: Case study of a geographical community organization designing its website. Behaviour & Information Technology, 26, 5-21.

Flanagin, A. J., Tiyaamornwong, V., O’Connor, J., & Seibold, D. R. (2002). Computer-mediated group work: The interaction of member sex and anonymity. Communication Research, 29, 66-93.

Fogel, J., & Nehmad, E. (2009). Internet social network communities: Risk taking, trust, and privacy concerns. Computers in Human Behavior, 25, 153-160.

Foltz, F., & Foltz, F. (2003). Religion on the Internet: Community and virtual existence. Bulletin of  Science, Technology & Society, 23, 321-330.

Forster, P. M. (2004). Psychological sense of community in groups on the Internet. Behaviour Change, 21, 141-146.

Francisco, V. T., Fawcett, S. B., Schultz, J. A., Berkowitz. B., Wolff, T. J., & Nagy, G. (2001). Using Internet-based resources to build community capacity: The community tool box [http://ctb.ukans.edu]. American Journal of Community Psychology, 29, 293-300.

Gavin, J., Rodham, K., & Poyer, H. (2008). The presentation of "pro-anorexia" in online group interactions. Qualitative Health Research, 18, 325-333.

Geister, S., Konradt, U., & Hertel, G. (2006). Effects of process feedback on motivation, satisfaction, and performance in virtual teams. Small Group Research, 37, 459-489.

Gildenhuys, A. (2008). The virtual institute of group analysis. Group Analysis, 41, 140-162.

Ginossar, T. (2008). Online participation: A content analysis of differences in utilization of two online cancer communities by men and women, patients and family members. Health Communication, 23, 1-12.

Grasmuck, S., Martin, J., & Zhao, S. (2009). Ethno-racial identity displays on Facebook. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15, 158-188.

Greenhow, C., & Robelia, B. (2009). Informal learning and identity formation in online social networks. Learning, Media & Technology, 34, 119-140.

Grodzinsky, F. S., & Tavani, H. T. (2007). Online communities, democratic ideals, and the digital divide. In S. Hongladarom, & C. Ess (Eds.), Information technology ethics: Cultural perspectives (pp. 20-30). Hershey, PA, US: Idea Group.

Guiller, J., & Durndell, A. (2007). Students’ linguistic behaviour in online discussion groups: Does gender matter? Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 2240-2255.

Guo, B., Bricout, J. C., & Huang, J. (2005). A common open space or a digital divide? A social model perspective on the online disability community in China. Disability & Society, 20, 49-66.

Gustafson, K. E. (2002). Join now, membership is free: Women’s Web sites and the coding of community. In M. Consaluo, & S. Paasonen (Eds.), Women & everyday uses of the Internet: Agency & identity (pp. 168-190). New York: Perer Lang Publishing.

Hallett, J., Brown, G., Maycock, B., & Langdon, P. (2007). Changing communities, changing spaces: The challenges of health promotion outreach in cyberspace. Promotion & Education, 14, 150-154.

Hargittai, E. (2008). Whose space? Differences among users and non-users of social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 276-297.

Haythornthwaite, C. (2007). Social networks and online community. In A. Joinson, K. McKenna, T. Postmes & U. Reips (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of Internet psychology (pp. 121-138). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Haythornthwaite, C., & Nielsen, A. L. (2007). Revisiting computer-mediated communication for work, community, and learning. In J. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, interpersonal and transpersonal implications (2nd ed.) (pp. 167-186). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.

Hlebec, V., Manfreda, K. L., & Vehovar, V. (2006). The social support networks of Internet users. New Media & Society, 8, 9-32.

Ho, S.-H., & Huang, C.-H. (2009). Exploring success factors of video game communities in hierarchical linear modeling: The perspectives of members and leaders. Computers in Human Behavior, 25, 761-769.

Hobman, E. V., Bordia, P., Irmer, B., & Chang, A. (2002). The expression of conflict in computer-mediated and face-to-face groups. Small Group Research, 33, 439-465.

Holme, P., Edling, C. R., & Liljeros, F. (2004). Structure and time evolution of an Internet dating community. Social Networks, 26, 155-174.

Holt, T. J. (2007). Subcultural evolution? Examining the influence of on- and off-line experiences on deviant subcultures. Deviant Behavior, 28, 171-198.

Hooper, S., Rosser, B. R. S., Horvath, K. J., Oakes, J. M., & Danilenko, G. (2008). An online needs assessment of a virtual community: What men who use the Internet to seek sex with men want in Internet-based HIV prevention. AIDS Behavior, 12, 867-875.

Hospers, H. J., Harterink, P., Van Den Hoek, K., & Veenstra, J. (2002). Chatters on the Internet: A special target group for HIV prevention. AIDS Care, 14, 539-544.

Hsu, J.-L., & Chou, H.-W. (2009). The effects of communicative genres on intra-group conflict in virtual student teams. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 7, 1-22.

Hughes, M., Ventura, S., & Dando, M. (2007). Assessing social presence in online discussion groups: A replication study. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 44, 17-29.

Hynes, A. (2002). The Internet and the large group: Technological possibilities in a new age. Group Analysis, 35, 153-164.

Im, E.-O., Chee, W., Tsai, H.-M., Bender, M., & Lim, H. J. (2007). Internet  communities for recruitment of cancer patients into an Internet survey: A discussion paper. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 44, 1261-1269.

Ishii, K., & Ogasahara, M. (2007). Links between real and virtual networks: A comparative study of online communities in Japan and Korea. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10, 252-257.

Islam, G. (2006). Virtual speakers, virtual audiences: Agency, audience and constraint in an online chat community. Dialectical Anthropology, 30, 71-89.

Jackson, L. A., Zhao, Y., Qiu, W., Kolenic, A., Fitzgerald, H. E., Harold, R., & von Eye, A. (2008). Cultural differences in morality in the real and virtual worlds: A comparison of Chinese and U.S. youth. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11, 279-286.

Jepsen, A. L. (2006). Information search in virtual communities: Is it replacing use of off-line communication? Journal of Marketing Communications, 12, 247-261.

Joe, S.-W., & Lin, C.-P. (2008). Learning online community citizenship behavior: A socio-cognitive model. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11, 367-370.

Johnson, L.  F., & Levine, A. H. (2008). Virtual worlds: Inherently immersive, highly social learning spaces. Theory Into Practice, 47, 161-170.

Johnson, T. J., Bichard, S. L., & Zhang, W. (2009). Communication communities or ‘‘cyberghettos?’’: A path analysis model examining factors that explain selective exposure to blogs. Journal of Computer-Mediate Communication, 15, 60-82.

Joinson, A. N., & Dietz-Uhler, B. (2002). Explanations for the prepetration of and reactions to deception in a virtual community. Social Science Computer Review, 20, 275-289.

Joyce, E., & Kraut, R. E. (2006). Predicting continued participation in newsgroups. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11, 723-747.

Kang, I., Lee, K. C., Lee, S., & Choi, J. (2007). Investigation of online community voluntary behavior using cognitive map. Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 111-126.

Kim, J. (2009).‘‘I want to be different from others in cyberspace”: The role of visual similarity in virtual group identity. Computers in Human Behavior, 25, 88-95.

Kling, R. (1996). Social relationships in electronic forums: Hangouts, salons, workplaces, and communities. In R. Kling, (Ed.), Computerization and Controversy (pp. 426-454). San Diego, CA : Academic Press.

Kling, R., & Courtright, C. (2003). Group behavior and learning in electronic forums: A sociotechnical approach. The Information Society, 19, 221-235.

Koch, S. C., Mueller, B., Kruse,L., & Zumbach, J. (2005). Constructing gender in chat groups. Sex Roles, 53, 29-41.

Kramer, N. C., & Winter, S. (2008). Impression management 2.0: The relationship of self-esteem, extraversion, self-efficacy, and self-presentation within social networking sites. Journal of Media Psychology, 20, 106-116.

Kreijns, K., Kirschner, P. A., Jochems, W., & Buuren, H. V. (2004). Determining sociability, social space, and social presence in (a)synchronous collaborative groups. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 7, 155-206.

Krikorian, D., & Kiyomiya, T. (2003). Bona fide groups as self-organizing systems: Applications to electronic newsgroups. In L. R. Frey (Ed.), Group Communication in Context: Studies of Bona Fide Groups (pp. 335-365). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Kruger, L. J., Maital, S. L., Macklem, G., Shirberg, D., Burgess, D. M.,  Kalinsky, R., & Corcoran, K. (2001). Sense of community among school psychologists on an Internet site. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 32, 642-649.

Kvasny, L., & Igwe, C. F. (2008). An African American weblog community’s reading of AIDS in Black America. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 569-592.

Kwon, O., & Wen, Y. (2010). An empirical study of the factors affecting social network service use. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 254-263.

Lampel, J., & Bhalla, A. (2007). The role of status seeking in online communities: Giving the gift of experience. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12, 434-455.

Lee, E., & Leets, L. (2002). Persuasive storytelling by hate groups online: Examining its effects on adolescents. American Behavioral Scientist, 45, 927-937.

Lee, H. (2005). Implosion, virtuality, and interaction in an Internet discussion group. Information, Communication & Society, 8, 47-63.

Leimeister, J. M., Schweizer, K., Leimeister, S., & Krcmar, H. (2008). Do virtual communities matter for the social support of patients? Antecedents and effects of virtual relationships in online communities. Information Technology & People, 21, 350-374.

Leonard, L. N. K., & Haines, R. (2007). Computer-mediated group influence on ethical behavior. Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 2302-2320.

Lewis, J., & West, A. (2009). ‘Friending’: London based undergraduates’ experience of Facebook. New Media & Society, 11, 1209-1229.

Lewis, K., Kaufman, J., & Christakis, N. (2008). The taste for privacy: An analysis of college student privacy settings in an online social network. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14, 79-100.

Lewis, K., Kaufman, J., Gonzalez, M., Wimmer, A., & Christakis, N. (2008).Tastes, ties, and time: A new social network dataset using Facebook.com. Social Networks, 30, 330-342.

Leung, Z. C. S., Lam, C. W., Yau, T. Y., & Chu, W. C. K. (2010). Re-empowering social workers through the online community: The experience of SWForum in Hong Kong. Critical Social Policy, 30, 48-74.

Ley, B. L. (2007). Vive Les Roses!: The architecture of commitment in an online pregnancy and mothering group. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12, 1388-1408.

Lin, C. -F. (2008). The cyber-aspects of virtual communities: Free downloader ethics, cognition, and perceived service quality. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11, 69-73.

Lin, H. (2006). Understanding behavioral intention to participate in virtual communities. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 9, 540-547.

Lin, H.-F. (2008). Antecedents of virtual community satisfaction and loyalty: An empirical test of competing theories. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11, 138-144.

Lin, H.-F. (2009). Examination of cognitive absorption influencing the intention to use a virtual community. Behaviour & Information Technology, 28, 421-431.

Lin, M.-J. J., Hung, S.-W., & Chen, C.-J. (2009). Fostering the determinants of knowledge sharing in professional virtual communities. Computers in Human Behavior, 25, 929-939.

Lin, W.-K., Chiu, C.-K., & Tsai, Y.-H. (2008). Modeling relationship quality and consumer loyalty in virtual communities. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11, 561-564.

Liu, H. (2008). Social network profiles as taste performances. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication,13, 252-275.

Livingstone, S., & Brake, D. R. (2010). On the rapid rise of social networking sites: New findings and policy implications. Children & Society, 24, 75-83.

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Magnuson, M. J., & Dundes, L. (2008). Gender differences in “social portraits” reflected in MySpace profiles. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11, 239-241.

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McKenna, K. Y. A., & Green, A. S. (2002). Virtual group dynamics. Group Dynamics, 6, 116-127.

McKenna, K., & Seidman, G. (2005). You, me, and we: Interpersonal processes in electronic groups. In Y. Amichai-Hamburger (Ed.), The social net: Human behavior in cyberspace (pp. 191-217). New York: Oxford University Press.

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Michinov, N., Michinov, E., & Toczek-Capelle, M. (2004). Social identity, group processes, and performance in synchronous computer-mediated communication. Group Dynamics, 8, 27-39.

Michinov, N., & Primois, C. (2005). Improving productivity and creativity in online groups through social comparison process: New evidence for asynchronous electronic brainstorming. Computers in Human Behavior, 21, 11-28.

Mikami, A. Y., Szwedo, D. E., Allen, J. P., Evans, M. A., & Hare, A. L. (2010). Adolescent peer relationships and behavior problems predict young adults’ communication on social networking websites. Developmental Psychology, 46, 46-56.

Miller, K. D., Fabian, F., & Lin, S.-J. (2009). Strategies for online communities. Strategic Management Journal, 30, 305-322.

Moreno, M. A., VanderStoep, A., Parks, M. R., Zimmerman, F. J., Frederick, J., Kurth, A., & Christakis, D. A. (2009). Reducing at-risk adolescents' display of risk behavior on a social networking web site: A randomized controlled pilot intervention trial. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 163, 35-41.

Nip, J. Y. M. (2004). The relationship between online and offline communities: The case of the Queer Sisters. Media, Culture & Society, 26, 409-428.

Norris, P. (2004). The bridging and bonding role of online communities. In P. N. Howard & S. Jones (Eds.), Society online – The Internet in context (pp. 31-41). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Nosek, B. A., Banaji, M., & Greenwald, A. G. (2002). Harvesting implicit group attitudes and beliefs from a demonstration web site. Group Dynamics, 6, 101-115.

Oravec, J. A. (2000). Countering violent and hate-related materials on the Internet: Strategies for classrooms and communities. Teacher Educator, 35(3), 34-45.

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