BCSHCI
2007
14 years 1 months ago
2007
The goal of my PhD is to investigate how older people exchange social support in empathic online communities. This will be achieved through an in-depth investigation of online com...
DESRIST
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2009
Springer
Online communities are increasingly important in modern social life. Yet, the diverse collection of guidelines that have directed online community design may not be keeping pace w...
AH
2006
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
A hard challenge facing developers of online communities is attaining a critical mass of members and subsequently sustaining their participation. We propose a new mechanism for mot...
GROUP
2007
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2007
ACM
Many online communities use tags
WIKIS
2010
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2010
ACM
A feature of online communities and notably Wikipedia is the increasing use of managerial techniques to coordinate the efforts of volunteers. In this short paper, we explore the ...
ESWS
2005
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
2005
Springer
Online community sites have replaced the traditional means of keeping a community informed via libraries and publishing. At present, online communities are islands that are not int...
HICSS
2006
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2006
IEEE
Many businesses are now using online communities to interact with their customers and to realise the many benefits such communities offer. However, there remains little understand...
HICSS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
Imagery and picture sharing are an important and growing part of online communities. Many prior studies of online interaction and collaboration rely heavily on text. This study ta...
HICSS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
The Internet is widely valued for distributing control over information to a lateral network of individuals, but it is not clear how these networks can most effectively organize t...
HICSS
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
2007
IEEE
Amidst constant innovation in information and communication technologies, a new pattern of work is emerging. Hierarchical authority structures are giving way to greater decision-m...