Flashcards: Virtual communities

A bulletin board system, or BBS, is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program.

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an application layer protocol that facilitates communication in the form of text.

A video blog or video log, usually shortened to vlog /ˈvlɒɡ/, is a form of blog for which the medium is video, and is a form of web television.

A virtual community is a social network of individuals who interact through specific social media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals.

User-generated content (UGC) is defined as "any form of content such as blogs, wikis, discussion forums, posts, chats, tweets, podcasts, digital images, video, audio files, advertisements and other forms of media that was created by users of an online system or service, often made available via social media websites".

An online community is a virtual community whose members interact with each other primarily via the Internet.

Internet identity (also called IID), or internet persona is a social identity that an Internet user establishes in online communities and websites.

Online participation is used to describe the interaction between users and online communities on the web.

A virtual airline (VA) is a dedicated hobby organization that uses flight simulation to model the operations of an airline.

A user revolt is a social conflict in which users of a website collectively and openly protest a website host's or administrator's instructions for using the website.

A web community is a web site (or group of web sites) where specific content or links are only available to its members.