虚拟社群的分类研究

虚拟社群已经成为当前网络发展的一个重要内容，从bbs到新浪微群，虚拟社群出现在当代人网络生活中的各个角落。文章关注虚拟社群发展，提出了虚拟社群分类研究的学术价值，陈述了虚拟社群的一些特点，探讨了学术研究领域虚拟社区和虚拟社群的区别。提出了虚拟社群的三个分类依据，即形成原因、存在时间和发展状况、所产生的影响，概括了虚拟社群未来的发展方向以及对未来网络舆论发展的影响。

A Discussion of Virtual Communities Classification

Virtual community has become an important part of the network age , from the bbs to the Sina web log, lots of virtual communities have infiltrated in all corners of people＇s daily lives. This paper concerned the development of virtual community, proposing the classification of academic value of virtual community. It presented some features of virtual communities to explore the difference of virtual communities. There are three bases for the classification of the virtual communities , namely, the causes, lifetime and development, the influence. A brief summary of the future development of virtual community and public opinion on the future network development was done too.