“I have a tutorial for this”

Abstract

Millions of kids are visiting and communicating in online sites and communities. While some concerns have been raised unsupervised and potentially harmful communication, a number of studies have identified great potential in kids' online talk, especially when related to feedback on user-generated content. Yet little research has been done at scale to show whether or not positive communication practices are broadly engaged in or supported online. This paper focuses on the informal peer support present in the online Scratch community, a youth programming site. Drawing on a random sample of 8,000 comments from over 5,000 random participants on the Scratch website gathered from January to March 2012, our analysis focuses on the quality of comments about projects and identifies their constructive, emotional and functional foci In the discussion, we address what these findings tell us about productive participation, potential for future research, and opportunities for scaffolding broader and richer participation.

Wrist-bound Guanxi, Jiazu, and Kuolie: Unpacking Chinese Adolescent Smartwatch-Mediated Socialization

“…The potential for quantifiable, immediate responses from peers makes teens more actively engaged in these social activities online [94]. Then adolescents nurture existing connections [110,120], make new friends [47], establish social group or cliques [42,75]. Online platforms empower adolescents in their socialization by granting control and autonomy [145,160], access to like-minded peers [80,131,133].…”

Gender, Feedback, and Learners' Decisions to Share Their Creative Computing Projects

“…Successful informal online sharing communities are often explicitly supportive of participation [7,20,59]. Many afford giving motivational (i.e., lacking in specific useful critiques) feedback which users find inspiring and contributing to an overall positive and supportive environment [20].…”

“…Successful informal online sharing communities are often explicitly supportive of participation [7,20,59]. Many afford giving motivational (i.e., lacking in specific useful critiques) feedback which users find inspiring and contributing to an overall positive and supportive environment [20]. In survey-based research on users' decisions to share photos that they had already taken, Nov et al [47] found that both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations drive sharing, and they pointed to the users' desire for self-development and reputation attainment within their community.…”