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Close Social Ties and their Role in Virtual
Burešová, Lucie ; Tuček, Milan (advisor) ; Mitrenga, David (referee)
This thesis deals with the functioning of virtual communities in relation to social capital of their members gained in this environment. The issue of virtual communities is embedded in a broader discussion about the form of community life in modern society and about the impact of new media on social behavior, individual identity and association. Attention is paid to linking the virval environment with the real environment through offline meetings and how this affects social ties between users and life of community. Based on the case study of specific community formed around game-literary server www.darkage.cz, thesis analyzes the influence of close social ties between users on the functioning of the community within its evolution in time.
Close Social Ties and their Role in Virtual
Burešová, Lucie ; Tuček, Milan (advisor) ; Mitrenga, David (referee)
This thesis deals with the functioning of virtual communities in relation to social capital of their members gained in this environment. The issue of virtual communities is embedded in a broader discussion about the form of community life in modern society and about the impact of new media on social behavior, individual identity and association. Attention is paid to linking the virval environment with the real environment through offline meetings and how this affects social ties between users and life of community. Based on the case study of specific community formed around game-literary server www.darkage.cz, thesis analyzes the influence of close social ties between users on the functioning of the community within its evolution in time.

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