近年來由於虛擬社群的出現，為網路世界帶來社會化的現象，虛擬社群將散佈在世界各地的人類聚集起來，形成他們共同的社群，這其中的變化是一種創新，本研究便是著眼於這個成長而創新的現象－虛擬社群－進行探討。
本研究欲探討影響虛擬社群意識的前置因素，即虛擬社群特性。綜合虛擬社群相關文獻，本研究將虛擬社群特性的構面分為：社會化臨場感、娛樂性與創新性；虛擬社群意識的構面為：會員身份、影響力與心流體驗。虛擬社群意識會受到意指成員對於社群以及其他成員的感覺，會受到該虛擬社群所俱有的特性所影響；此外，本研究欲探討虛擬社群意識與電子口碑傳播行為間的關係，有強烈社群意識的成員，是否較願意且主動的在線上與其他人分享資訊呢？
　　本研究探討虛擬社群特性所包含的構面，以及社群特性與虛擬社群意識間的關係，最後再探討虛擬社群意識與電子口碑傳播行為間的關係。研究對象為參與虛擬社群的成員，有效樣本為238份問卷，以Lisrel線性結構方程模式分析。
　　研究結果顯示：
1.社會化臨場感能正向影響會員身份、影響力與心流體驗
2.娛樂性能正向影響會員身份
3.創新性能正向影響心流體驗
4.影響力能正向影響電子口碑傳播行為

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