This paper argues that the internet is built around key technology design features of openness, robustness and decentralisation. These design features have transformed into social...
Large general-purposed community question-answering sites are becoming popular as a new venue for generating knowledge and helping users in their information needs. In this paper ...
We present a conceptual framework for location-aware community systems and results from two studies of how sociallydefined places influence people's information sharing and c...
Quentin Jones, Sukeshini A. Grandhi, Steve Whittak...
Abstract. A social networking service can become the basis for the information infrastructure of the future. For that purpose, it is important to extract social networks that refle...
The lack of adequate Internet provision in rural areas is widening the digital divide between town and country. This is proving detrimental to social communication as well as the a...
Johnathan Ishmael, Sara Bury, Dimitrios P. Pezaros...