Serial Article
| DOI |
10.7336/academicus.2016.14.13 |
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https://academicus.edu.al/?subpage=volumes&nr=14 |
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https://academicus.edu.al |
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https://academicus.edu.al/nr14/Academicus-MMXVI-14-181-190.html |
| MR URL |
https://academicus.edu.al/nr14/Academicus-MMXVI-14-181-190.pdf |
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mailto:info@academicus.edu.al |
| MR URL |
https://academicus.edu.al/images/front_end/academicus.jpg |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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OA – Open Access |
| OA License |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Full Title
English
(eng)
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Academicus International Scientific Journal |
| Publisher (01) |
Academicus International Scientific Journal |
| Country of publication |
Albania
(AL)
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ISSN
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20793715 |
| Product Form |
Printed Journal
(JB)
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ISSN
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23091088 |
| Product Form |
Online Journal
(JD)
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| Journal Volume Number |
14 |
| Journal Issue Date (YYYY/MM) |
2016 / 07 |
Title
English
(eng)
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The Technological Expansion of Sociability: Virtual Communities as Imagined Communities |
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By (author)
(A01)
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Camelia Grădinaru |
| Affiliation |
Department of Interdisciplinary Research, Social Sciences and Humanities ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania, Research Fellow |
| ORCID
(21)
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3019-3056 |
| Number of Pages |
10 |
| First Page |
181 |
| Last Page |
190 |
| Language of text |
English
(eng)
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| Publication Date (YYYY/MM) |
2016 / 07 |
| Copyright |
2016, Academicus |
Abstract
Main description
(01)
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The reception of Benedict Anderson’s ideas was very fruitful in many disciplines, and his work provided key concepts that
can now throw a clarifying light in some blurry matters. The expression “imagined community” has known a remarkable proliferation,
a situation that led to both the formation of a research direction and to the perpetuation of a cliché. In this respect, my
article pointed out some suggestive characteristics of virtual communities, explaining why the imagined community is a valuable
subject for the theorists of new media. The impossibility to know in person all the members of a big community is just one
factor that determines its imagined face. Moreover, the set of values and inner presuppositions that guide the members are
important bricks in the construction of community. In my opinion, the virtual community is imagined as a multi-layered experience
(technological, conversational, relational etc.). The dynamic of a virtual community contains the tension amongst these layers
and the degree of its imagined side depends on multiple factors. In order to illustrate these aspects, I gave a brief example
by analysing a Romanian virtual community, using the triad common language – temporality – high centers. In spite of its limitations,
the perspectives offered by this concept are still useful for understanding the nature of online communities. Thus, the imagined
community is a valuable set of beliefs and practices that underlie and bolster the effective meaning and functioning of the
virtual communities.
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