TY - CHAP T1 - An Electronic Group is Virtually a Social Network T2 - Culture of the Internet Y1 - 1997 A1 - Barry Wellman KW - computer-mediated communication KW - social network AB - When a computer network connects people, it is a social network. Just as a computer network is a set of machines connected by a set of cables, a social network is a set of people (or organizations or other social entities) connected by a set of socially meaningful relationships. I show how social network analysis might be useful for understanding how people relate to each other through computer-mediated communication (see also Wellman & Gulia, in press; Wellman et al., 1996). JF - Culture of the Internet PB - Psychology Press UR - http://pdf.aminer.org/000/247/445/learning_in_the_network_form_implications_for_electronic_group_support.pdf U1 - Sara Kiesler ER -