The Virtual Community Author:Howard Rheingold "Cyberculture authority Howard Rheingold was the first to write about online communities in this style that is part-travelogue and part-anthropological guide. This groundbreaking classic explores the entire virtual community, beginning with a selective but probing look at the author's original online home, The Well. Rheingold relates plenty of a... more »necdotes that demonstrate the upsides of online life.... But the bulk of the material relates to how individuals interact online much as they do in a face-to-face community." (Amazon.com review)« less