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CSCW
2010
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Socialization tactics in wikipedia and their effects
Socialization of newcomers is critical both for conventional groups. It helps groups perform effectively and the newcomers develop commitment. However, little empirical research h...
Boreum Choi, Kira Alexander, Robert E. Kraut, John...
CSCW
2012
ACM
12 years 1 months ago
Organizing without formal organization: group identification, goal setting and social modeling in directing online production
A challenge for many online production communities is to direct their members to accomplish tasks that are important to the group, even when these tasks may not match individual m...
Haiyi Zhu, Robert Kraut, Aniket Kittur
CSCW
2010
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
The work of sustaining order in wikipedia: the banning of a vandal
In this paper, we examine the social roles of software tools in the English-language Wikipedia, specifically focusing on autonomous editing programs and assisted editing tools. Th...
R. Stuart Geiger, David Ribes
WWW
2011
ACM
13 years 1 months ago
Finding hierarchy in directed online social networks
Social hierarchy and stratification among humans is a well studied concept in sociology. The popularity of online social networks presents an opportunity to study social hierarch...
Mangesh Gupte, Pravin Shankar, Jing Li, S. Muthukr...
CSCW
2012
ACM
12 years 1 months ago
Finding a new normal: the role of technology in life disruptions
In recent years, the HCI and CSCW communities have begun to examine the role technology plays in personal, rather than professional settings. Part of this work has begun to addres...
Michael Massimi, Jill P. Dimond, Christopher A. Le...