Virtual Community Support for Offline Communities through Online Newspaper Message Forums

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Authors and Corporations: Rosenberry, Jack
In: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 87, 2010, 1, p. 154-169
published:
SAGE Publications
Media Type: Article, E-Article

Not logged in

further information
Physical Description: 154-169
ISSN: 1077-6990
2161-430X
DOI: 10.1177/107769901008700109
published in: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Language: English
Subjects:
Collection: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
Table of Contents

<jats:p> A survey of participants in message forums located within the online sites of U.S. newspapers determined that taking part in forum reading and posting helps to predict users' sense that they understand their local communities better but is not related to their actually getting out and taking part in real-world community activities. </jats:p>