1. Skills: Use Google Plus communities Concepts: Computer mediated communities of common interest This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. Internet communities of common interest

2. Where does this topic fit? Internet concepts – Applications – Technology – Implications Internet skills – Application development – Content creation – User skills

4. In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face. What will on-line interactive communities be like?... They will be communities not of common location, but of common interest. Licklider and Taylor, 1968 JCR Licklider Robert Taylor

5. Google Plus communities

6. Our class community (needs a logo)

7. A D B C E F G ___ Members ___ Post categories ___ Search box ___ Create a post ___ Posts and conversations ___ Name and logo Community user interface ___ About

8. Summary

9. Self-study questions We have looked at Google Plus communites. What other Internet applications support collaboration among members of communities of common interest? Give an example of a community of common interest to individuals. Give an example of a community of common interest within an organization. Give an example of a society wide community of common interest.

10. Resources Two extremely influential papers by J. C. R. Lickider with an introduction by Robert Taylor: http://memex.org/licklider.pdf