Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vilka upplevelser unga vuxna har beträffande den virtuella gemenskapen på Internet communities och hur det påverkar deras hälsa och lärande. Studien grundar sig på folkhälsopedagogiskt perspektiv och bygger på en kvalitativ studie. Under genomförandet av arbetet har åtta individer deltagit i individuella intervjuer. I bakgrunden belyser jag hur den teknologiska utvecklingen förändrar det sociala samspelet i samhället. Ökande kommunikation via Internet communities har bidragit till att människor kan ha större sociala nätvärk utan fysiska hinder. Problemområdet var, att den ökande användningen av communities kan framkalla beroende som i sin tur kan ge upphov till stillasittande livsstil. Stress och brist på sömn var de symptom som har visat sig vara vanliga. I litteraturgenomgången tar jag upp betydelsen av socialt kapital, fysisk hälsa och även lärande med multimedia. I diskussionen tar jag upp vikten av socialt kapital relaterat till det virtuella samhället och på vilket sätt det kan påverka hälsa och lärande. Min konklusion av studien är att kommunikation via Internet communities blivit så pass vardagligt att det kan påverka människors hälsa och lärande, samt det även kan vara en viktig faktor för hälsa och lärande. / The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of young adults concerning the virtual community of Internet communities and how it affects their health and learning. The study is based on public health educational perspective and was based on a qualitative study. During the execution of the study, eight individuals participated in individual interviews. In the background I illustrate how technological progress changes the social interaction in society. Increased communication through Internet community has contributed for peoples to have greater social network without physical barriers. The problem area was that the growing use of online communities can cause dependence, which in return can lead to sedentary lifestyles. Stress and lack of sleep were the symptoms that have been shown to be prevalent. In the literature review I illustrate the importance of social capital, physical health and even learning with multimedia. In the discussion I discuss the importance of social capital related to the virtual community and how it may affect health and learning. My conclusion is communication through the Internet comunities has become everyday issue and that it can affect people’s health and learning. Also that it may be an important factor for health and learning.

Dieser Artikel stellt sich die Frage wie eine Informations- und Arbeitsumgebung einer (Fern)Universität gestaltet sein muss, um den veränderten technischen und personalen Lebensumwelten Fernstudierender gerecht zu werden. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Entwicklung eines Community-Konzeptes als zentrales Element der Lehre im Fernstudium. Dazu wird zunächst die Notwendigkeit einer solchen Community-Umgebung als Unterstützung für zukünftiges virtuelles Studieren Lernen und Lehren in der Fernlehre belegt, mit dem Ziel, ein geeignetes Community-Konzept zu entwickeln. Nach einer kurzen Einführung wird die aktuelle Situation der FernUniversität dargestellt. Es folgt die Bestandsaufnahme der Bedürfnisse der Studierenden mit entsprechenden Schlussfolgerungen für ein Anforderungsprofil. Darauf aufbauend soll das Konzept der zukünftigen Umgebung vorgestellt. Dieses Konzept kann nicht in der Kürze dieses Artikels dargestellt werden, daher soll eine exemplarische skizzenhafte Darstellung der fertigen Umgebung einen Eindruck über die tatsächliche Nutzung der Umgebung vermitteln. Wichtiges Hilfsmittel zum Entwurf sind neben bestehenden Forschungsergebnissen die Ergebnisse einer eigenen Erhebung unter Fernstudierenden sowie Erfahrungen aus verschiedenen Lehrveranstaltungen. Diese Studie ist gerade erst abgeschlossen und noch nicht im Detail ausgewertet, es lassen sich allerdings bereits Trends feststellen, die bereits im Artikel eingearbeitet sind. Die Ergebnisse der Studie (Virutelle Communities im Fernstudium) sind zum Konferenzvortrag fertig ausgewertet.

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In der E-Commerce-Forschung wird aus Sicht von Wertschöpfung und Marketing das Konzept virtueller Gemeinschaften ausgiebig erforscht. Solche Gemeinschaften sollten Wissen zu Verfügung stellen, Kundenkontakte vereinfachen oder zusammen eine Wertschöpfung erbringen, an der nach [1] der Anbieter der virtuellen Plattform Profite erwirtschaftet. E-Government zielt auf die elektronische Abbildung von Vorgängen der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Nach der Speyer Definition [2] besteht E-Government aus Informationsdiensten, Partizipation der Bürger und elektronischer Abwicklung der Transaktionen innerhalb der Verwaltung und zwischen Verwaltung und den anderen Sektoren. Auffällig ist die Beschränkung von E-Government auf die Umsetzung existierender Verwaltungsvorgänge. Dies beschränkt die Wertschöpfung im EGovernment auf Effizienzgewinne, schließt die Profite durch virtuelle Gemeinschaften in einer Bürgergesellschaft jedoch weitgehend aus.

網路相簿社群是本地新興的網路現象，本研究透過參與觀察與深度訪談，針對TaipeiLink和無名小站網路相簿社群進行觀察，旨在探究相簿社群內成員的使用行為、群內互動，以及「容貌」對社群權位分配的影響與效應。 研究發現，使用者最常於網路相簿中從事「觀看」與「發表」兩種行動。使用者透過發表影像╱文字訊息，在網路相簿中建構個人所欲呈現的形象，再經觀看彼此認識，並作為互動基礎。其中，男性關注相簿主的容貌與身材，渴望獲取感官性的愉悅滿足，女性則對圖片細節，諸如打扮、情境、身邊人物多所注意，還會透過觀看連結自身經驗，從中獲取想像式參與的愉悅。 其次，網路相簿社群因人數眾多、連結不均，內部呈現鬆散的互動關係。使用者因此會另覓管道發展出小型群體關係，形成社群內尚有次社群存在，以及次社群內部關係緊密、外部關係疏離的情景。 再者，相簿社群內尚存有權位差異；相簿主的容貌、技能、生活風格與互動意願，都是影響使用者在社群內所能據居位置差異的關鍵。值得注意的是，這些特徵與使用者在實體世界持具的資本相關，因而呈現出「實體資本-->虛擬資本-->虛擬社群內的權位差異」間的轉換關係。權位差異終將助長群內（1）依附之風、（2）反權力行為，與（3）寒蟬效應的出現，最終會導致社群生態發生變化，成員參與行動出現轉變。 網路相簿的興起帶動新的互動方式興起，突顯了「容貌」和實體資本都將成為網路權力的來源。而這種憑藉影像相互認識的行為，雖賦使相簿主更多操控可能，但也使得觀看者可自由詮釋影像，甚至產生與相簿主悖逆的詮釋內容，進而演變為觀看者和相簿主對影像意義的爭奪，為網路相簿社群埋下不定的風險。

1999年，味全龍在三連霸後意外解散，徒留龍迷無限思念，時至今日，許多龍迷仍在各BBS站的龍隊討論板，尋找、分享過去曾有的記憶。只是隨著時空的變遷，與龍隊相關的消息大幅減少，儘管仍有前龍將在球場上征戰，但他們的今日表現也不再與龍隊直接相關。假使網路中的虛擬社群能夠成為龍迷記憶過往的處所，對龍迷而言，社群記憶的形塑過程為何？社群成員之間又存在著什麼樣的關係？ 不同於過去虛擬社群之研究取徑集中於效果論、控制論的範疇，本論文試著從James Carey的傳播儀式觀點出發，從人類的固有行為，特別是儀式活動中，重新檢視社群記憶的產生與成員關係。研究對象為批踢踢實業坊（ptt）的Dragons板，研究分析之理論基礎包括了Maurice Halbwachs的集體記憶理論、Victor Turner的社會劇理論，以及Turner儀式研究的中介性與交融概念，研究方法為文本分析與深度訪談。 研究發現，奧運期間，針對徐生明爭議所引發的各個討論串內容，不僅彼此扣連，也互相影響著，使得討論串的主題發展，宛如社會劇中的情節更迭。在社會劇的修正行動中，龍迷則在討論串的字裡行間透露出對過去記憶的重組與召喚，目的時常是為了合理現狀、弭平對立與衝突。同時，由於社群管理者的管理態度與對自我職權的認識，讓參與者在取得社群身份，以及為文互動的過程裡，展現出類中介性的特徵，Dragons板也成為龍迷面對社會之不規律性與緊張時，自願而非義務結合的交融狀態。 從研究發現進一步延伸，「龍魂不滅」作為Dragons板的社群記憶，並非指成員之間的共同記憶，也絕非永恆不變。事實上，「龍魂不滅」應視為社群記憶形塑過程中的象徵性資源，此象徵不僅是儀式過程中成員行動的力量來源，象徵意義也可能在記憶重組與召喚的動態過程中，被賦予新的意義。另一方面，Dragons板所具有的類中介性，是龍迷遭逢危機與不安時的自發性結合；Dragons板所以能成為記憶社群，從儀式觀點，社群的參與宛如朝聖，社群的意義以及成員之間的關係，則是在選擇之後產生，也就是交融。

Cette thèse vise à appréhender le terroir comme un territoire de communication sensible dont l’absence de traduction est déjà problématique. C’est à la fois un terme qui s’impose à tous, dans le monde entier, et un lieu mal défini du discours. La notion reste fuyante, au-delà du droit, de l’histoire et de l’agronomie. Elle séduit le « mangeur social » porté à satisfaire ses désirs d’authenticité et de goût. A cet égard, la profusion des discours médiatiques en déploie l’imaginaire, entre patrimoine alimentaire et, plus profondément, l’identité symbolique du mangeur. Des tensions se créent entre les discours qui l’érigent en modèle et idéalisent son image. Un retour sur l’histoire et les règles du terroir confronte ce périmètre notionnel à la réalité quotidienne et met en relief sa polysémie, sa polymorphie. Des écarts sémantiques existent entre les critères figés par les normes et les pratiques du mangeur envers« des nourritures nostalgiques ». L’étude du terroir comme construit social suppose un déplacement paradigmatique, depuis les croyances et les labels, jusqu’aux médiations du terroir dans des dispositifs variés. Ces derniers créent du sens autour de savoir-faire et de valeurs. L’objectif est de montrer que des significations contradictoires coexistent et animent les médiations sensibles du terroir dans un espace figuratif complexe (sensations, objets, espaces, discours, etc.). Nous mettons enfin à l’épreuve notre concept et notre image du terroir dans deux lieux possibles à concevoir comme espaces publics symboliques : une association de consommateurs et un forum de discussion. / The aim of this thesis is to understand terroir as a tangible communication territory, starting with the lack of conceptual translation in foreign language. Terroir comes to rest in a social space characterized by fleeing models, above and beyond Law, History and Agronomy. Food and eating become the space of contradictory signs for the “social eater” attuned to hedonism and control. The object seduces him to satisfy his desires for authenticity and taste. Discourses and scenes show terroir in an imaginary world, made up of food patrimony and symbolic identity. But it arouses tensions because economic actors take it hold of it. A review of the history and rules about terroir’s provokes its confrontation with everyday reality and reveals its polysemy. Certain differences of meaning exist between criteria established by norms and the eater’s practices toward “nostalgic food”. The study of terroir as a social construct proceed through paradigmatic displacement, from beliefs and labels, to terroir’s mediations in devices. They create meaning around know -how and certain values. The aims, here is to demonstrate that multiple significations coexist and to study how the mediations of terroir’s logic of the senses in figurative spaces are created. We then tested it in two spaces similar to symbolical public spaces: consumers‘s association and internet forum.

La présente thèse s’inscrit dans le domaine de l’Apprentissage des Langues Assisté par Ordinateur (ALAO) et plus particulièrement dans la branche Communication médiatisée par ordinateur (CMO) de ce domaine. Cette étude, descriptive à visée compréhensive, interroge les échanges naturels des apprenants libyens pratiquant le français dans un Groupe Facebook. La situation que nous étudions est une situation informelle puisque le Groupe a été créé par les participants eux-mêmes sans aucune intervention de la part des enseignants. En effet, la CMO pédagogique a déjà été bien étudiée dans des contextes formels mais encore très peu abordée dans des contextes informels. Nos données se composent d’un corpus d’échanges en lignequi s’étalent sur cinq mois contenant 947 messages et 3408 commentaires ainsi que de 11 entretiens semi-directifs réalisés avec certains des participants du Groupe observé. La recherche repose sur une analyse écologique visant à étudier les échanges dans un environnement élargi où plusieurs facteurs interagissent (langagier, social, culturel, politique). Ainsi, pour examiner ce qui se passe dans cet espace informel destiné à la pratique du français, nous avons d’abord décrit, de manière très générale les pratiques discursives des apprenants afin d’avoir une idée globale sur leurs activités. Se sont posées au passage les questions des langues utilisées, des fonctions du langage que mettent en oeuvre les messages, de la manière dont les messages et commentaires se répondent (ou ne se répondent pas) les uns aux autres et enfin des caractéristiques sémiolinguistiques des échanges. Nous nous sommes ensuite intéressée à la question suivante : dans quelle mesure ces pratiques contribuent-elles à l’établissement des liens sociaux et une communauté virtuelle en émerge-t-elle ? De même nous nous sommes demandée de quel type de communauté il s’agit. Enfin, nous nous sommes penchée sur les perceptions des participants vis-à-vis de Facebook en général et du Groupe en particulier. / This study focuses on French as a Foreign Language (FFL) and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). It investigates the natural exchanges of Libyan learners practicing French in a Facebook group. The situation that we are exploring is informal because the group was created by the participants themselves without any intervention neither from teachers nor from ourselves. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) has already been well studied in formal contexts but very little in informal contexts, which is why we think a descriptive study aimed at gaining an understanding of particular experience is suitable. Our data is on-line exchanges corpora covering five months with 947 posts and 3408 comments, as well as 11 interviews conducted with some of the participants in the observed group. The research is based on an ecological analysis to study exchanges in a wider environment where several factors interact (linguistic, social, cultural, political factors). In order to examine what happens in this informal space dedicated to the practice of French, we first provideda broad description of learners’ discursive practices in order to get a general sense of their activities. The languages used, the functions of the language used by the messages, the way in which the messages and comments respond (or do not respond) to each other and finally the semio-linguistic characteristics of the exchanges were examined. We then explored how these practices contribute to the establishment of social ties, whether a virtual community emerges and what kind of community it is. Finally, we looked at the value that participants attach to their exchanges and experience as members of this group.

GONDIM , Márcio Silva. Felicidade no ciberespaço: um estudo com jovens usuários de comunidades virtuais . 2007. 165 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Psicologia) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Psicologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Fortaleza-CE, 2007. / Submitted by moises gomes (celtinha_malvado@hotmail.com) on 2012-03-28T18:22:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_MSGondim.PDF: 3445996 bytes, checksum: 72364e9ca9697133314300f897923de8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-03-29T16:50:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_MSGondim.PDF: 3445996 bytes, checksum: 72364e9ca9697133314300f897923de8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-03-29T16:50:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_MSGondim.PDF: 3445996 bytes, checksum: 72364e9ca9697133314300f897923de8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / It is possible to observe the increasing of several social nets and virtual communities in the internet, what arouses intense interest of youngsters. Sites and services, which were static, get more and more dynamism and visual stimulus through images, with emphasis in attributes promoters of “happiness”. This investigation takes a look at the implications of happiness ideals in young users of communities from the technological service Orkut. We aim to detect through manifestations (expressions, images and virtual communities) the associations with attributes promoters of “happiness”. We also objectify to investigate the discourse of young users of this technological service, the ways they receive these kinds of virtual communities, interpreting the senses obtained in the use of Orkut. We also try to reflect critically about the new forms of relationship between men and several consumption signs and their repercussion while a source producer of subjectivation processes. The qualitative approach orientates this study conceptually, as it is the adequate way to understand the psychosocial phenomena which is highlighted in this research: the relation between cyberspace and “happiness” ideals. As it is an investigation of critical nature, we start epistemologically from the Critical Theory because it has a theory that has as an one of its more excellent tasks reflection, with sights to the emancipation human being, on the immediate actions of the gift in the products of the cultural industry, in search of its determinative historical and cultural. Activities with a group of young students from a private school in the city of Fortaleza (Ceará) were carried out using the (Con)text Method of Multiple Literacies, in order to collect texts about juvenile impressions related to the service Orkut. In the empirical investigation the following categories standed out: 1) Differentiation (To be distinct from the others, feeling important through compliment expressions from others); 2) Popularity (it is related to the ideal of “fame”, concerning the number of friends and fans); 3) Attractivity (relevance to determined beauty patterns). Psychosocial attributes such as beauty, differentiation and visibility (understood here as happiness ideals in the cyberspace), are more and more standed out and emphasized by Cultural Industry in the contemporaneity. This way, the identities of young members of virtual communities seem to be directly or indirectly subordinated to the apropriation of this service (while a differential consumption sign), what repercutes in the daily life of these individuals and starts to play a significative role which constitutes subjectivations. This research is concluded with an invitation to think about the possibility to create new actions and practices that can provide critical reflections and experiential spaces related to cyberspace, in a transdisciplinary context. / Pode-se observar na Internet o crescimento de diversas redes sociais e de comunidades virtuais, as quais despertam intenso interesse dos (as) jovens. Os sites e serviços, antes estáticos, ganham cada vez mais dinamismo e estímulos visuais por meio de imagens, havendo uma ênfase a atributos promotores de "felicidade". A presente investigação instaura um olhar às implicações de ideais de felicidade em jovens usuários de comunidades do serviço tecnológico Orkut. Objetiva-se detectar através de manifestações (expressões, imagens e comunidades virtuais) a associação a atributos promotores de “felicidade”. Também se visa investigar o discurso de jovens usuários (as) desse serviço tecnológico, as formas de recepção desses tipos de comunidades virtuais, interpretando os sentidos auferidos ao uso do Orkut. Busca-se ainda refletir criticamente acerca das novas formas de relação do homem com variados signos de consumo e suas repercussões enquanto fonte produtora de processos de subjetivação. A abordagem qualitativa orienta conceitualmente este estudo, por se tratar de um modo adequado para se compreender o fenômeno psicossocial em destaque nesta pesquisa: a relação entre o ciberespaço e ideais de “felicidade”. Sendo uma investigação psicossocial de natureza crítica, parte-se epistemologicamente da Teoria Crítica por ser uma teoria que tem como uma de suas mais relevantes tarefas uma reflexão, com vistas à emancipação humana, sobre o imediatismo do presente nos produtos da indústria cultural, em busca de seus determinantes históricos e culturais. Realizaram-se atividades com um grupo de jovens estudantes de uma escola particular da cidade de Fortaleza (Ceará) por meio do Método (Con)texto de Letramentos Múltiplos, com o objetivo de coletar textos sobre as impressões juvenis relativas ao serviço Orkut. Na investigação empírica, destacaram-se as categorias: 1) Diferenciação (distinguir-se dos demais, sentindo-se importante através de expressões de elogio de outros); 2) Popularidade (relaciona-se ao ideal de “fama”, atrelada ao número de amigos e fãs que se possui); 3) Atratividade (relevância a determinados padrões de beleza). Atributos psicossociais, tais como a beleza, a diferenciação e a visibilidade (compreendidos aqui como ideais de felicidade no ciberespaço), são cada vez mais destacados e enfatizados pela Indústria Cultural na contemporaneidade. Sendo assim, as identidades dos (as) jovens integrantes das comunidades virtuais aparentaram estar direta ou indiretamente subordinada à apropriação desse serviço (enquanto um signo de consumo diferenciador), que repercute na vida cotidiana desses indivíduos e passa a exercer um papel significativo, constituidor de subjetividades. Esta pesquisa finaliza-se com um convite para pensar-se na possibilidade de criarem-se novas práticas e ações propiciadoras de reflexões críticas e espaços experienciais relacionadas ao ciberespaço, em um contexto transdisciplinar.