Communities and Technologies 2007 - Proceedings of the Third Communities and Technologies Conference, Michigan State University 2007

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Table of Contents

Everything in Moderation: The Effects of Adult Moderators in Online Youth Communities

1. Introduction

2. Background

2.1 Adults in Youth Communities

2.2 Youth in Youth Communities

2.3 Moderation in Online Communities

2.4 Moderation in Junior Summit

3. METHODS

3.1 Participants

3.2 Procedure

Content Analysis

Social Network Analysis

3.3 Measures

4. Results

4.1 Participation Levels

4.2 Interconnectedness

4.3 Polite and Task-Oriented Language

5. Discussion and Conclusion

6. Acknowledgements

7. References

Introductions and Requests: Rhetorical Strategies That Elicit Response in Online Communities

1. Introduction

1.1 Conversation Is Critical to Success

2. Factors That Increase Likelihood of Reply

2.1 Introductions

2.2 Requests

2.3 Limitations of Previous Work

3. Study 1: Correlational Analysis of 41,000 Usenet Messages

3.1 Data Collection

3.2 Measures

Dependent Variable

Independent Variables: Rhetorical Strategies

Controls

3.3 Results and Discussion

4. Study 2: Introduction Manipulations

4.1 Method

4.2 ReSUlts and Discussion

5. Study 3: Introduction and Question Manipulations

5.1 Results and Discussion

6. General Discussion

6.1 Limitations and Directions for Future Work

7. Conclusion

8. Acknowledgments

9. References

Rhythms of Social Interaction: Messaging Within a Massive Online Network

1. Introduction

1.1 Social Networks and the Internet

1.2 Facebook

1.3 Messaging and Poking in Facebook

1.4 Messaging and Poking as Proxies for Online Social Activity

1.5 Time Spent Communicating Online

2. Data

3. Results

3.1 Who is a Friend?

3.2 School Ties

3.3 Reciprocity

3.4 Temporal Rhythms

3.5 School and Friend Ties Over Time

3.6 Seasonal Variation

3.7 Variation by School: Clustering Effect

4. Conclusion

5. References

6. Appendices

A Noun Phrase Analysis Tool for Mining Online Community Conversations

1. Introduction

2. Noun-Phrase Extraction Method

3. Corpus

3.1 Permissions

4. Data Processing

4.1 Noun Phrase Extractor

5. The Application Environment

6. Analyzing Word Use and the Online Community

6.1 Important Topics: Databases, Books

6.2 Community Style: Don'tThink, Don't Know, Don't Have

6.3 Community Interaction and Support: Agree/Disagree, Thanks

6.4 CMC language

7. Future work

8. Conclusion

9. References

Reflections and Reactions to Social Accounting Meta-Data

1. Introduction

2. Data and Methods

3. Analysis and Results

4. Discussion

4.1 Reputation and Community

4.2 Identity: The Self and Others

5. Conclusion

6. References

Modes of Social Science Engagement in Community Infrastructure Design

1. Introduction

2. Cases, Methods and Intervention

3. Four Elements Influencing the Mode of Engagement

3.1 State of the Infrastructure Project

3.2 Organization of Social Science Engagement

4. Three Distinct Cases - Three Distinct Modes of Engagement

4.1 GEON - The Geosciences Network

4.2 LTER- Long Term Ecological Research

4.3 01 - Ocean Informatics

5. Discussion: Modes of Engagement

5.1 Examples of Participation Types

6. Conclusion

7. Acknowledgements

8. References

Workplace Connectors as Facilitators for Work

1. Introduction

2. Moving beyond communities of practice in the workplace

3. The Field Site

4. Coding Interactions

5. Criteria for Community Membership

6. Results

6.1 Connectors in the Workplace

6.2 Switching Interactions in the Workplace

7. Discussion

7.1 Formal and Informal Connectors

7.2 Connectors as a Unit of Analysis

8. Conclusions and Future Work

9. References

Online and Offline Integration in Virtual Communities of Patients - an Empirical Analysis

1. Introduction and motivation

2. Health care and Virtual communities of patients

2.1 Self-help organizations and self-help groups of patients

2.2 Online health communities

2.3 Virtual communities

3. Connecting Online and Offline

3.1 Influence factors and e-services within VCHC

4. Research method

5. Demographic characteristics

6. Summary

7. Discussion

8. Acknowledgments

9. References

Life in the Times of Whypox: A Virtual Epidemic as a Community Event

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Methods

4. Life in Whyville before Whypox

5. Arrival of Whypox in Community

6. Life after Whypox

7. Discussion

7.1 Designing Community Events

7.2 Educational Applications of Community Events

8. Acknowledgments

9. References

Communities of Practice in MMORPGs: An Entry Point into Addiction?

1. Introduction

2. MMORPG as Supporting Tools for Communities of Practice - A Theoretical Approach

3. Communities of Practice in World of Warcraft - An Empirical Study

4. Playtime of World of Warcraft Players and Perception of Community

5. Heavy Useor Addiction - A Normative Question?

6. Addiction in World of Warcraft - An Empirical Study

7. Conclusion

8. References

Factors Affecting User Participation in Video UCC(User-Created Contents) Services

1. Introduction

2. Overview of Video UCC

3. Theories and Research hypotheses

3.1 Intrinsic Motivation

3.2 Extrinsic motivation (Perceived Usefulness)

3.3 Perceived Easeof Participation

3.4 Perceived Trust

4. Samples and Data Collection

5. Data analysis and result

5.1 Reliability and Validity Test

5.2 Overall Model Fit

5.3 Results and Implications

6. Conclusions

7. Acknowledgements

8. References

ASocio-Technical Approach for Topic Community Member Selection

1. Introduction

2. A Socio-Technical Approach for Topic Community Member Selection

3. The Analysis of Digital Traces in Weblog Communities

4. Case: Selecting Potential Members of a Topic Community on Ice Cap Melting

4.1 Scenario: Developing a Topic Community on Ice Cap Melting

4.2 Applying the Socio-Technical Approach

5. Discussion

6. Conclusion

7. References

Tracking Online Collaborative Work as Representational Practice: Analysis and Tool

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Wiki Technology

3.1 Revision History: Tracking Page Edits

3.2 Analyzing the Revision History

4. WikiPlayer

4.1 UserInterface

4.2 Extending the WikiPlayer

5. Experiment: Data on Online Collaboration

6. Representational Work

6.1 Representational Information Transfer (Mapping)

6.2 Representational Task Management

6.3 Representational Task Organization

6.4 Organization of the Representational System

7. A Quantitative Measure

8. Results

8.1 Teams That Finished

8.2 Ineffective Teams

8.3 Hierarchical Clustering

9. Future Work

10. Conclusions

11. References

Implicit Many-ta-One Communication in Online Communities

1. Introduction

2. The BBC Framework

3. Business Issues in Online Communities

4. References

Sharing Wireless Internet in Urban Neighbourhoods

1. Introduction

2. Wireless Internet and Community Networking

3. Attitudes Towards Sharing and Wireless

4. Methodology and Findings

4.1 Radio Surveys

4.2 Questionnaires and Interviews

5. Discussion

5.1 Infrastructure Deployment

5.2 Local Ad HocSharing

5.3 Opportunities for Sharing

6. Conclusion

7. Acknowledgments

8. References

CommunityNetSimulator: Using Simulations to Study Online Community Networks

1. Introduction

2. Social Networks in Online Communities

2.1 The Community Expertise Network

2.2 Research on OnlineCommunity Networks

2.3 Simulation as a Method to Study Community Expertise Networks

3. The CNS Simulator

3.1 Overview

3.2 Generating Networks

3.3 Analyzing Networks

Network Visualization as an Analysis Tool

Advanced Network Analysis Methods

Degree Histogram

Correlation Histogram

MotifProfiling Analysis

3.4 Algorithm Analysis Interface

4. CNS and Empirical Studies

5. Discussion and Future Work

6. Summary

7. Acknowledgements

8. References

Technology and Community Behavior in Online Environments

1. Introduction

1.1 PriorResearch on the Role of Technology in Online Community Behavior

2. Social Processes and Technology Features in Virtual Communities

3. Method

3.1 Technology and Behavior in Mommy Sites

Identity

Influence

Intimacy

4. Discussion

5. Conclusion

6. References

7. Appendix

Trust in Electronic Networks of Practice: An Integrative Model

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical Development

2.1 Cognition-based Trust

2.3 Affection-based Trust

2.4 Situation-based Trust

3. Research Method

3.1 Research Site and Survey Administration

3.2 Respondents

3.3 Measures and Measurement Properties

4. Results

5. Discussion

6. Conclusion

7. References

8. Appendix I. Measures and Indicators

Embeddedness and Media Use in Networks of Practice

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical Arguments

2.1 Knowledge Networks and Embeddedness

2.2 Embeddedness in Practice

2.3 Social Embeddedness

2.4 Media Useand Embeddedness

3. Method

3.1 Measures

3.2 Analysis

4. Case Study Findings

4.1 Knowledge Networks within TOO

4.2 Results from Survey and Interviews

4.3 Research Question 1

4.4 Research Question 2

5. Discussion

6. References

Enriching Community Networks by Supporting Deliberation

1. Introduction: Constraints to the Diffusion of E-Participation

2. The Theoretical Framework: Participatory Processes Key Features

3. Deliberative Community Networks

3.1 The Community Space

3.2 The Informational Space

3.3 The DCN Core: The Deliberative Space

4. Developing and Testing a DCN Prototype: ComunaliMilano2006

4.1 ComunaliMilano2006 Features and Characteristics

Publicmoderated Forums

Brainstorming Area

Candidates' Areas

The Events Area

Technical Choices

4.2 Some Data about ComunaliMilano2006

4.3 Some Insights about Usability and Usage Patterns

5. Conclusion and Future Work

6. AcknOWledgements

7. References

Models of Government Blogging: Design Trade off sin Civic Engagement

1. Introduction

2. Emerging Technologies: Blogs, RSS, Podcasting

2.1 Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and Podcasting

2.2. Blogs

3. Who Is Slogging and Why

4. Methodology

4.1 Review of Local Government Blogs

4.2 Method for Case Study: Town of 81acksburg Blog

5. Results

5.1 Review of US Local Government Blogs

Location andAuthorProfile

Multimedia, RSSand Podcasting

Linksand PublicComments

Design Trade-offs in CivicParticipation

5.2 Case StUdy of Blacksburg Task Force Blog

Participant Observation

Task Force Questionnaire

6. Discussion: Models of local government blogging

7. Acknowledgement

8. References

Tuning In: Challenging Design for Communities through a Field Study of Radio Amateurs

1. Introduction

2. Field StUdy

2.1 Introducing Amateur Radio

2.2 Experimentation through Communication

2.3 Learning by Listening

2.4 Continuously Perfecting the Equipment

2.5 Research for the Community and for the Public at Large

2.6 Long Distance Connections

2.7 Other Notable Achievements

2.8 Organising a Connection

3. Discussion

3.1 Contingency, Challenge and the Everyday Texture of Interaction

3.2 Community and technology from a Ham perspective

3.3 Challenging Design

4. Conclusion

5. References

Analyzing the Dynamics of Community Formation Using Brokering Activities

1. Introduction

2. Research Objective

3. Towards Methods for Dynamic Network Analysis

4. Defining the Concept of Dynamic Brokering Activity

4.1 Software-based Analysis and Visualization Methods

4.2 Data Source

5. Data Analysis and Results

6. Discussion and Conclusion

7. References

A Relational Scaffolding Model of Hybrid Communication

1. Introduction

2. Relationships in Approaches of Computer-mediated Communication

3. Relationship Concepts

4. Scaffolding and Conversational Scaffolding

4.1 The Relational Scaffolding Model

5. Research Methods and Sample

6. Relational Patterns in Hybrid Communication

6.1 The Core Pattern: The Explification Spiral

Communicating Explicitly

RegUlation of Communication

6.2 Overviewing the Landscape Using the Core Pattern in theContext of Organized Communication

6.3 Pattern 'People Placements'

6.4 Pattern "Social Awareness"

6.5 Pattern"Activation of hierarchy"

6.6 Pattern "Committing on Groundrules"

6.7 Pattern "Superior Orientation"

6.8 Pattern "Communication Codeof Conduct"

6.9 Pattern "Creating Conciousness About the Documenting Effect of CMC"

7. Discussion

7.1 Implications

8. Conclusion

9. References

Advice Networks and Local Diffusion of Technological Innovations

1. Introduction

2. Structural Perspectives on Diffusion of Innovations

2.1 Diffusion of simple technological innovations

2.2 Diffusion of leT for Development

3. Empirical Analysis

3.1 Data

Advice Survey

Graph-theoretic Data Sets

Attribute Data

4. Media Technology and Innovation

5. RESULTS

6. DISCUSSION

6.1 Future Direction

7. REFERENCES

World Wide Webs: Crossing the Digital Dividethrough Promotion of Public Access

1. Introduction

2. Digital Divide

2.1 Inclusion and Access

3. Bridging the Divide through Public Access

3.1 SmartCape Access Project

3.2 What Do People Do Online?

3.3 Does Smart Cape Provide Real Access?

4. Conclusion

5. References

High Tech Programmers in Low-Income Communities: Creating a Computer Culture in a Community Technology Center

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Context and Approach

4. Findings

4.1 Technical Changes: Integrating Programming intothe Clubhouse Design Portfolio

4.2 Proliferation of Programming Activities in the Clubhouse

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6. Discussion

7. Next Steps

8. Acknowledgements

9. References

Author Index