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- RELATIONSHIP COMMITMENT AND MEMBER BEHAVIORAL INTENTION IN VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES. Echo Huang // Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on WWW/Interne;Nov2008, p103
This study proposes a conceptual model based on commitment-trust theory to examine the impact of relationship commitment on members' behavioral intention toward participation in virtual communities. The members of Programmer Club@TW, one of the representative professional communities in Taiwan,...
- Network Exchange Patterns in Online Communities. Faraj, Samer; Johnson, Steven L. // Organization Science;Nov/Dec2011, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p1464
Large-scale online communities rely on computer-mediated communication between participants, enabling them to sustain interactions and exchange on a scale hitherto unknown. Yet little research has focused on how these online communities sustain themselves and how their interactions are...
- Cyber-Communities: Idle Talk or Inspirational Interaction? van der Spa, Meira // Educational Technology Research & Development;2004, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p97
Presents a study which investigates the presence of intellectual challenges, inspiration, and collaboration in the largest online community in Netherlands. Importance of collaboration, discussion and self-correction for the advancement of scientific truth; Illustration on the differences between...
- The Meaning of Modern Communities. Bernstein, Jared // EContent;May2007, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p16
The article focuses on the results of a study conducted by Gfk Roper Consulting concerning online communities. Findings indicated that 15% of 18- to 29-year-olds and 22% of influentials have visited online community more than six times from October 2006 to April 2007. The study defines...
- Connections with a purpose. Williams, Ryan; Williams, Tudor // Communication World;Jul/Aug2009, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p26
The article reports on the role of a communicator should play in the online community. The online community can flourish only if the communication among its members is efficient. The strength of online community rest in the cooperative and sharing nature of the community as it searches to attain...
- Converting Virtual Community Members Into Online Buyers. Gupta, Sumeet; Kim, Hee-Woong; Shin, Seon-Jin // CyberPsychology, Behavior & Social Networking;Oct2010, Vol. 13 Issue 5, p513
Although many online vendors have sponsored virtual communities (VCs) in the hope of reaping commercial benefits from it, not many have been successful in reaping commercial benefits from their VC. Online vendors can benefit greatly from having a VC, if the VC members can be converted into...
- Predicting Internet-based Online Community Size and Time to Peak Membership Using the Bass Model of New Product Growth. Firth, David R.; Lawrence, Cameron; Clouse, Shawn F.; Koohang, Alex // Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge & Management;2006, Vol. 1, p1
The objective of this paper is to use a well-established theory of new product diffusion and show how it can be applied to cyber communities to forecast how many people will join the community, and how long it will take to attain peak membership. We use three online communities to illustrate the...
- Communication -- get intergenerational! // Future Times;2012, Vol. 2, p5
The author shares lessons for those who want to build healthy online communities. She says that keeping current is the only way to move forward and build communities. She also suggests to have a succession plan. She believes that once one gets involved in going online, the benefits of what it...
- Recareering Happily Ever After: An Analysis of Job Transition Storytelling in AARP Message Boards. Spradley, Elizabeth // Conference Papers -- National Communication Association;2009, p1
This study analyzes computer-mediated storytelling on the AARP's website in response to two pulished articles on job transitioning. Using narrative, antenarrative, and storytelling constructs to provide a framework, data analysis reveals: 1) discursive patterns from the grand story were...
