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CORR
2010
Springer
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13 years 4 months ago
Understanding Formulation of Social Capital in Online Social Network Sites (SNS)
Online communities are the gatherings of like-minded people, brought together in cyberspace by shared interests. The shared interest has hidden social capital aspects and can be o...
S. S. Phulari, S. D. Khamitkar, N. K. Deshmukh, P....
CIKM
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Social capital in online communities
Online communities are connecting hordes of individuals and generating rich social network data. The social capital that resides within these networks is largely unknown. We propo...
Matthew S. Smith
ICWL
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Enhancing the Social Capital of Learning Communities by Using an Ad Hoc Transient Communities Service
In online learning, communities can help to enhance learning. However, because of the dynamic nature of communities, attaining and sustaining these communities can be difficult. On...
Sibren Fetter, Adriana J. Berlanga, Peter B. Sloep
CHI
2003
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Identity disclosure and the creation of social capital
In this paper, we describe the identity policy decisions for a community network outside of Boston, Massachusetts. To promote trust and accountability, a member's online iden...
David R. Millen, John F. Patterson
HICSS
2002
IEEE
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13 years 9 months ago
Social Capital and Volunteerism in Virtual Communities: The Case of the Internet Chess Club
This paper considers the theory of social capital and volunteerism in an online gaming community, the Internet Chess Club (ICC). We discuss how increased social capital provides b...
Mark Ginsburg, Suzanne P. Weisband