Throwing Pebbles into a Dark Cave: A Study of Participation and Behavior in the {act-km} Online Community
Timbrell, Gregory T., Lambe, Patrick, & Taule, Orjan (2007) Throwing Pebbles into a Dark Cave: A Study of Participation and Behavior in the {act-km} Online Community. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 6(2), pp. 139-152.
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Abstract
This paper defines online communities and their constituent elements. It provides a framework in which online communities can be discussed and compared irrespective of topic or content. It explores the notions of core and peripheral membership and behaviour and provides a set of metrics for determining the activity profile of the community. Finally it presents a case study of an online community and discusses it using the framework and metrics presented.
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| ID Code: | 14295 |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
| DOI: | 10.1142/S021964920700169X |
| ISSN: | 0219-6492 |
| Subjects: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES (080000) > INFORMATION SYSTEMS (080600) > Information Systems not elsewhere classified (080699) |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Science and Technology |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2007 World Scientific Publishing |
| Copyright Statement: | Electronic version of an article published as [Journal of Information and Knowledge Management 6(2):pp. 139-152.] [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S021964920700169X] © [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company] |
| Deposited On: | 06 Aug 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Feb 2012 23:32 |
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