Special issue published: "Open Web Communities for Social Evolution"

International Journal of Web Based Communities 12(3) 2016

• When the web supports communities of place: the 'Social Street' case in Italy
• Understanding online communities on social networks via the notion of imagined communities: the case of Tripdvisor
• Understanding key factors affecting young people's WeChat usage: an empirical study from uses and gratifications perspective
• Evaluation of the functional status of learning networks based on the dimensions defining communities of practice
• Towards sustainability of virtual business community through trustworthy behaviour-based mechanism