A typology of online communities and community supporting platforms

Stanoevska‐Slabeva, Katarina; Schmid, Beat

doi:10.1109/hicss.2001.927041

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“…The design theory framework for digital platforms supporting online communities Among different types of theories in information systems (Gregor, 2006), prior research on online communities has mainly contributed to four types of theories: theories for analyzing (Stanoevska-Slabeva and Schmid, 2001), theories for explaining (Jones and Rafaeli, 2000), theories for predicting (Rothaermel and Sugiyama, 2001), and theories for explaining and predicting (Balasubramanian and Mahajan, 2001). Few prior studies fall into the tradition of theories for 'design and action,' which focus on building knowledge through the design and evaluation of IT artifacts (Hevner et al, 2004).…”

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A Design Theory for Digital Platforms Supporting Online Communities: A Multiple Case Study

Spagnoletti

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Lee

2015

Journal of Information Technology

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This research proposes and validates a design theory for digital platforms that support online communities (DPsOC). It addresses ways in which digital platforms can effectively support social interactions in online communities. Drawing upon prior literature on IS design theory, online communities, and platforms, we derive an initial set of propositions for designing effective DPsOC. Our overarching proposition is that three components of digital platform architecture (core, interface, and complements) should collectively support the mix of the three distinct types of social interaction structures of online community (information sharing, collaboration, and collective action). We validate the initial propositions and generate additional insights by conducting an in-depth analysis of an European digital platform for elderly care assistance. We further validate the propositions by analyzing three widely used digital platforms, including Twitter, Wikipedia, and Liquidfeedback, and we derive additional propositions and insights that can guide DPsOC design. We discuss the implications of this research for research and practice.

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A Design Theory for Digital Platforms Supporting Online Communities: A Multiple Case Study

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2015

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“…However these and other elements have not been fully integrated into a general definition of OC. Nor have the various attempts to offer typologies of community (see for example Hara, Shachaf and Stoerger, 2009;Henri and Pudelko, 2003;Porter, 2004;Stanoevska-Slabeva and Schmid, 2001) provided the necessary integration. These have tended to focus more on sponsorship of community or community goals, without fully addressing the existential question: 'What is a community?'.…”

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What is an online community? A new definition based around commitment, connection, reciprocity, interaction, agency, and consequences

Hammond

2017

IJWBC

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Original citation: Hammond, Michael. (2016) What is an online community? A new definition based around commitment; connection; reciprocity; interaction; agency; and consequences. International Journal of Web Based Communities. Permanent WRAP URL:http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/78922 Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work by researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way.Publisher's statement: © Inderscience http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijwbc A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or, version of record, if you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the 'permanent WRAP URL' above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. ABSTRACTThis paper explores the concept of online community. It is divided into three main sections. The first examines the challenge of defining the concepts of community and being online. The second looks at definitions of online community as well as the ways in which the term has been used across a wide range of contexts, covering issues of attachment, emotion, community strength, motivation for participation, and relationship to technology. The third provides a general definition of online community around six key elements: commitment; connection to others; reciprocity; interaction; agency and consequences. The paper sensitises practitioners and researchers to the contested nature of community and provides a definition that is both broad and complex.

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“…With respect to Gregor's framework for classifying theories in Information Systems [8], research on online communities has mainly contributed to the development of theories for analyzing [30], theories for explaining [12], theories for predicting [27], theories for explaining and predicting [2].…”

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“…Therefore the community supporting platform is a critical success factor for community building as well as economic and social aspects. A successful platform is the one providing those services to the community, which enable a rich and appropriate communication and social interaction [30].…”

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A Design Theory for IT Supporting Online Communities

Spagnoletti

Resca

2012

2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Differently from other studies that tend to take into consideration actual behaviors of online community users, this paper addresses the design problem of IT platforms for supporting these communities. At the basis of this design theory here introduced there is the so called kernel theory. The comparison between offline and online communities allowed to outline main factors of this theory that were used in order to derive prescriptions for the metarequirements, the product features (meta-design), the design process (design method) and the definition of testable design product and process hypotheses. An intelligent multimedia platform providing innovative social e-servicesfor European elderly persons and their social entourage constituted the case study in which the IT design theory was applied.

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A typology of online communities and community supporting platforms

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A Design Theory for Digital Platforms Supporting Online Communities: A Multiple Case Study

A Design Theory for Digital Platforms Supporting Online Communities: A Multiple Case Study

What is an online community? A new definition based around commitment, connection, reciprocity, interaction, agency, and consequences

A Design Theory for IT Supporting Online Communities

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