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Video Interview: Howard Rheingold who coined the term Virtual communities in 1987
Key points:
- Virtual communities and relationships were real even in 1987
- Virtual relationships result in relationships in the physical world.
- It is always important to think critically about technology.
- Communities in the physical world are important but should not be idealised.
- The strength of relationships is key to determining if something is a community or not.
- In the age of globalisation, global communication is important.
- Virtual global communities require us to think about the role of nation states.
Realted link: The WELL - A Virtual Community started in 1985
Via BBC Digital Revolution Blog
Did you know social media was so old?
