Online Learning Update

July 4, 2011

Personal Online Learning: Emergence of Virtual Communities as Means of Communication: A Case Study On Virtual Health Care Communities

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

by Mehpare Tokay ARGAN et al; TOJDE

Today, like in all areas, the Internet has had an important effect in the area of health as well. With the development of the Internet many new and different applications have developed and one of the most important of these are probably virtual communities. Virtual communities, which are used as a tool for providing information and word of mouth communication, have become a widely used marketing tool in the area of healthcare services in recent years. A virtual community is a group that does not depend on space and time to maintain ties or participation in the group whose members share the same interest and to maintain closeness, that is based on internet communications and whose membership is based on free will. In these kinds of communities whose services are provided on a membership basis, health services of various kinds are offered to the members. In virtual communities, virtual interactive communications established between the members can be an important determining factor when choosing a product, service or doctor.

http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde43/articles/article_16.htm

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