Information that is accepted as true by all of the members of a community.
Culture in which the audience is invited to participate in the creation and distribution of new content.
A principle in Japanese popular culture where story information and experiences are designed to be shared peer-to-peer by participants.
The moment when an emerging paradigm reaches critical mass and transforms existing practices and organizations.
The ability of a group of people to organize and coordinate efficiently in order to respond in real time to a given situation using communication devices.
Term coined by Howard Rheingold
Online community that has a high degree of consensus in the way its members think, making them resistant to outside arguments.