Patterns of knowledge sharing in an online affinity space for diabetes

Sharma, Priya; Land, Susan M.

doi:10.1007/s11423-018-9609-7

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“…Although overuse of the Internet is often associated with problematic Internet use in the literature, the real reason behind this overuse might be Internet affinity (Yilmaz, 2012). The factors that make the Internet appealing are as follows; manageability of learned knowledge, not being a formal environment despite the presence of certain participatory and democratic principles, allowing freedom, and being closely related to educational Technologies, having interesting content, and providing opportunities to support self-learning (Ji & Fu, 2013;Sharma & Land, 2019;Young, 2004). Moreover, the following advantages also clearly result in more Internet affinity; it has a rich content allowing certain activities such as listening to music, shopping, doing commerce and playing games; it is easy to access; it involves reward; it facilitates communication among people; and young people feel safe and comfortable using the Internet since they were born into that technology (Genc et al, 2018;Greenfield, 2011;Sayin et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Üni̇versi̇te Öğrenci̇leri̇ni̇n İnternet Bağimliliğinin İnternet’i̇n Cazi̇besi̇ Ve Öğreni̇lmi̇ş Güçlülük Açisindan Yordanmasi

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2021

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With the rapid increase of technological developments day by day, the Internet has gained an important place in the lives of individuals. The Internet, as being a tool that people need access almost every moment and anywhere in daily life, has become the most powerful one among the communication tools, surpassing the influence of television, radio and written media with its services in the century we live in. However, the tendency of individuals to activities such as fun gambling, chatting, and sharing can be significantly seen at Internet environment, and this situation causes the use of the Internet, which is quite attractive, to turn into addiction. Accessing to the Internet from many places, and university students' lesson hours are more flexible, making it easier for them to use this technology. This study aims to explore the role of Internet affinity and learned resourcefulness in predicting Internet addiction levels of university students. The sample of the study consists of 229 woman and 221 man, totally 441 students attending a state university in Istanbul. The data were collected through Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form, Internet Affinity Scale, Rosenbaum's Learned Resourcefulness Scale and Personal Information. Multiple linear regression analysis was used in the analysis of the data. From research findings, university students' Internet addiction positively correlates with Internet affinity but negatively with learned resourcefulness. In addition, Internet affinity and learned resourcefulness predict Internet addiction. In line with these findings, planing individual and group work for young adults on topics such as healthy Internet use, time management, and self-regulation can be recommended. The fact that the Internet has a rapidly developing technology for new studies to be carried out brings the necessity of constantly updating the definitions used and the concepts researched.

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Üni̇versi̇te Öğrenci̇leri̇ni̇n İnternet Bağimliliğinin İnternet’i̇n Cazi̇besi̇ Ve Öğreni̇lmi̇ş Güçlülük Açisindan Yordanmasi

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2021

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“…Our work builds on prior explorations of the types of knowledge sharing and discourse patterns evidenced within an online affinity space focused on disease management (Sharma and Land, 2019). As originally identified by Gee (2004), affinity spaces characterize virtual or physical spaces where individuals gather around a specific interest, but do not have the traditional histories and membership requirements implicit in communities of practice (Lave and Wenger, 1991).…”

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“…Prior research on affinity spaces has focused on gaming environments (Gee, 2004), language learning (Rama et al , 2012), fan fiction (Curwood et al , 2013), fantasy sports (Smith et al , 2008), health and fitness (Lee and Drake, 2013) and disease management (Sharma and Land, 2019). These studies suggested that affinity spaces foster rich discourse and support participants in gaining skills and knowledge related to their specific area of interest.…”

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“…In our prior research on a diabetes-focused affinity space (Sharma and Land, 2019), we identified discourse that supported participants in advancing their knowledge about a specific topic. We found that key actors were highly active in sustaining and promoting discourse within the affinity space via their frequent participation and were often called upon by other participants in this space (Sharma and Land, 2019). These key actors can be viewed as distributed mentors (Evans et al , 2017) in the affinity space.…”

Section: Introduction: Affinity Spaces As Learning Spacesmentioning

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“…To investigate the differences in discourse used by key versus other actors, we used an association rule mining method to investigate the interdependence among the knowledge sharing discourse types of key members. Previously, we used discourse and social network analyses to examine the types of knowledge sharing and participation within the space (Sharma and Land, 2019). In this study, we extend those analyses to identify and compare the frequent concurrence of all discourse types using the rule mining method (Srikant and Agrawal, 1996) and evaluate the sentiment polarity of each post via sentiment analysis.…”

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Knowledge sharing discourse types used by key actors in online affinity spaces

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Land

2021

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Purpose The growth of online social network sites and their conceptualization as affinity spaces makes them well suited for exploring how individuals share knowledge and practices around specific interests or affinities. The purpose of this study is to extend what is known about highly active/key actors in online affinity spaces, especially the ways in which they sustain and contribute to knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach This study analyzed 514 discussion posts gathered from an online affinity space on disease management. This study used a variety of methods to answer the research questions: the authors used discourse analyses to examine the conversations in the online affinity space, social network analyses to identify the structure of participation in the space and association rule mining and sentiment analysis to identify co-occurrence of discourse codes and sentiment of the discussions. Findings The results indicate that the quality and type of discourse varies considerably between key and other actors. Key actors’ discourse in the network serves to elaborate on and explain ideas and concepts, whereas other actors provide a more supportive role and engage primarily in storytelling. Originality/value This work extends what is known about informal mentoring and the role of key actors within affinity spaces by identifying specific discourse types and types of knowledge sharing that are characteristic of key actors. Also, this study provides an example of the use of a combination of rule mining association and sentiment analysis to characterize the nature of the affinity space.

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