OCSC 2013 - 5th International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing

Indicative topics/keywords of the broad spectrum of issues to be addressed:
3D virtual worlds
Communities of interest
Communities of practice
Communities for Teens and Preteens
Communities for the elderly
Community Aspects of Electronic Commerce
Community-centred Design and Evaluation Methodologies
Community Engagement
Communityware
Computer Mediated Communication
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
Cross?cultural communities
Cultural, ethnic and spiritual communities
Empathic online communities
E-participation and e-democracy
E-research with Communities
Friends and family groups
Gaming communities
Healthcare communities
Infrastructure and policy for social computing
Large scale conversations
Marketplace communities
Mobile communities
Online and offline articulation
Online political engagement
Online social identity and presence
Online social networking
Smart Community Services
Social media
Social modelling
Social network analysis
Social presence
Theory and design practice
Universal access and usability
Visualizing social interaction
Weblog communities