The community is where the rapport is -- on sense and structure in the youtube community

Rotman, Dana; Golbeck, Jennifer; Preece, Jennifer

doi:10.1145/1556460.1556467

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“…However, it is a well-established thought that online communities are possible. This viewpoint depends on the argument that social cohesion and common values take the place of geographic proximity and physical presence, consequently making relationships and communications the crucial component of society (for example, Rotman et al 2009 ;Papadopoulos et al 2012 ). Therefore, relationships within social networks are suitable to be analyzed as social phenomena.…”

Section: Especially After William Gibson Developed the Concept Of Cybmentioning

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Socio-spatial Approaches for Media and Communication Research

Sak

2016

Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research

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Section: Especially After William Gibson Developed the Concept Of Cybmentioning

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Socio-spatial Approaches for Media and Communication Research

Sak

2016

Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research

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“…In this hybrid world, the relationship between artefacts, symbols, contribution and sense of community is only beginning to be understood. Research into YouTube communities argues that the degree to which users feel a sense of community is an important factor in determining their inclination to produce and use content (Rotman et al, 2009). Lingel and Naaman (2011) have also explored the idea of content creation and authorship by considering labour, ownership and control, and highlight the belief that 'agency' in the context of media can be interpreted as the degree of control that individuals have over the creation of content (Van Dijk, 2009).…”

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Community and contribution: Factors motivating students to participate in an extra-curricular online activity and implications for learning

Reeves

Gomm

2015

E-Learning and Digital Media

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The human desire to join and participate in communities can be seen as an attempt to satisfy some of our universal human needs. The theory of communities of practice has been widely used to explain how and why humans participate in multiple communities, and a key requirement of a community of practice (CoP) is that members engage in 'joint activities and discussions'. In the current age where social media tools have facilitated the exponential growth of online communities, the term CoP is often used to describe a group of people engaging in online discussion. In the context of online learning, the use of CoP theory can often lead to online discussion being interpreted as a joint activity. This paper argues that the concept of a joint activity as something other than online discussion has been neglected, and that while online discussion may account for the presence of an online community, evidence of joint activities beyond the simple discussion of ideas is required for the community to constitute a true CoP. Using activity theory, the authors investigated the factors motivating students on the Digital Design and Animation course at West Midlands University to participate in a non-formal learning activity involving the co-creation of a digital artefact. The authors believe that a greater understanding of the concept of joint activity, and of the link between co-creating an artefact and members' shared emotional connection, has the potential to refocus our understanding and application of the theory of CoP in the networked era.

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“…[10] and [25] for studies of community experiences in different online environments). However, we do not wish to use the community stamp in an uncritical way, which would pose the risk of hiding the actual details of the social action taking place [23].…”

Section: Online Communitymentioning

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Martinviita

Kuure

Luoma

2015

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

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This is a case study exploring the social scene created on a newlydeveloped online service for increasing the study motivation of 16-18-year-old students in vocational education in Finland. The developers wished to motivate participation by the addition of a communal chat space to engender a sense of community on the site. The analysis shows that the students appropriated the communal chat space for uses in line with their prior experience of online interaction, while the developers had based their design on a very different experience. However, the developers were able to respond flexibly to encourage interaction rather than limiting topics of conversation to those desired in the original design. As a result, the communal page could be seen to fulfil some of the expectations of the developers in unexpected ways. The case offers learning points for developers and administrators who wish to create online social spaces with a particular aim.

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The community is where the rapport is -- on sense and structure in the youtube community

Cited by 51 publications

References 16 publications

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Community and contribution: Factors motivating students to participate in an extra-curricular online activity and implications for learning

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