S2-11:
<p>Session 2: Special Session for Graduate Students</p>
<p>11)Virtual Community: Extend of Real Life<br>
  by Wu Chun (Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China 
  <br>
  E-mail Address: wuchun@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn.Cell Phone Number: 13911177051)</p>
<p>Abstract:</p>
<p>Virtual community is a special community form in the period of internet. Why 
  did it come into being? What was its history, types and functions? After answering 
  these questions, the author raised his idea that virtual community is the result 
  that real life extends to internet; virtual community can compensate community 
  life in the real world to some degree, but never replace it.<br>
  In order to prove virtual community is existed as a concept, the author compare 
  it with real community in four key factors: exist space, interaction group, 
  interaction mode and group self-identity. Then, the author proved virtual community 
  is the result that real life extends to internet from two cases in which two 
  persons were in different roles in virtual community: an aspiring participant 
  and a governor.</p>
<p>Key Words: <br>
  Virtual Community; Real Community; People¡¯s Relationship<br>
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