Archive:virtual community

• When Fans turn Fanatic: How Virtual Communities are Taking Over the Web

  By Relliott August 8, 2012

  Note: This is a continuation of my last blog post, on the culture surrounding the young-adult book craze. [caption id="attachment_5590" align="alignleft" width="300"] Two worlds collide: Hunger Games

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: books, community, film, harry potter, harry potter conference, leaky cauldron, leakycon, the hunger games, Twilight, virtual community, young adult fiction

• Harry, Bella, Peeta and Katniss: The Crossover Fiction Phenomenon

  By Relliott May 21, 2012

  The Hunger Games movie was released on March 21st, and has already made over 300 million dollars in box office sales in North America alone.  It also broke the record for first-day advanced ticket sa

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: books, community, film, harry potter, the hunger games, Twilight, virtual community, young adult fiction

• I’m a Happy Farmer

  By Shu January 24, 2012

  This is my everyday routine on the Internet: check e-mail, go through Renren and Facekbook, read quick news on Twitter and Weibo, and harvest my crops and cultivate my land. Yes, I am a farmer in Hap

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: cyberspace world, happy farm, online friendship, online game, social game, social media, virtual community, virtual life