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1 online resource |
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Lecture notes in social networks |
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Lecture notes in social networks
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Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Inequality in Online Groups; 1.2 Theoretical Starting Points; 1.3 Problem Significance; 1.4 Research Strategy; 1.5 Theoretical Perspective; 1.5.1 Inequality and Evolutionary Processes; 1.5.2 Adhocracy: Social Mobility Moderates Inequality; 1.5.3 Wikipedia as a Site of Investigation: Significance, Research Review, and Data; References; Part I: Structural Differentiation and Social Media: Theoretical Framework |
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Chapter 2: Macro-Structural Perspectives on Social Differentiation and Organizational Evolution in Online Groups2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Human Sociability: Possible Definitions; 2.3 Sociability and Structural Differentiation; 2.4 Online Sociability and Structural Differentiation: Connections and Directions of Study; References; Chapter 3: Specifying a Wikipedia-Centric Explanatory Model for Online Group Evolution and Structural Differentiation; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Volunteering and Social Inequality; 3.3 Why Inequality Matters; 3.4 Social Roles and Structural Differentiation |
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3.5 Research QuestionsReferences; Chapter 4: Social Structuration Online: Entropy and Social Systems; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Diversity and Social Entropy: A Neglected Tradition; 4.3 Wikipedia; 4.4 Determinants of Structuration; 4.5 Conceptual Underpinning; 4.5.1 Social Entropy as a Measure of Diversity and Equality; 4.5.2 Normalized Social Entropy as a Diversity/Equality Measure; 4.6 Using Entropy to Study Online Collaborative Systems such as Wikipedia; 4.7 What Have We Learned So Far?; References |
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Chapter 5: Analytic Investigation of a Structural Differentiation Model for Social Media Production Groups5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methods; 5.2.1 Data; 5.2.2 Overall Analysis Strategy; 5.2.3 Descriptive Exploration; 5.2.4 Inferential Analysis; 5.3 Looking Back, Looking Forward; References; Part II: Configurational Change Phases and Motors in Online Collaboration; Chapter 6: The Foundations of a Theoretical Model for Organizational Configurations and Change in Online Collaborative Processes; 6.1 Introduction |
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6.2 Toward a Theoretical Explanatory Model of Organizational Change in Online Collaborative Structures6.3 Configurational Change: Critical Theoretical Gap and Bridges; 6.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Organizational Configurations and Configurational Change; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Organizational Configurations; 7.2.1 Configurations and Archetypes; 7.2.2 Mintzberg's Configurational Array; 7.3 Configurational Change; 7.3.1 Configurations and Change in Virtual Organizations; 7.3.2 Evolutionary and Revolutionary Change; 7.3.3 Pinpointing Configurational Evolution and Revolution |
| Summary |
This book explores community dynamics within social media. Using Wikipedia as an example, the volume explores communities that rely upon commons-based peer production. Fundamental theoretical principles spanning such domains as organizational configurations, leadership roles, and social evolutionary theory are developed. In the context of Wikipedia, these theories explain how a functional elite of highly productive editors has emerged and why they are responsible for a majority of the content. It explains how the elite shapes the project and how this group tends to become stable and increasingly influential over time. Wikipedia has developed a new and resilient social hierarchy, an adhocracy, which combines features of traditional and new, online, social organizations. The book presents a set of practical approaches for using these theories in real-world practice. This work fundamentally changes the way we think about social media leadership and evolution, emphasizing the crucial contributions of leadership, of elite social roles, and of group global structure to the overall success and stability of large social media projects. Written in an accessible and direct style, the book will be of interest to academics as well as professionals with an interest in social media and commons-based peer production processes |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
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Social media.
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User-generated content.
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Online social networks.
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social media.
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Sociology.
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Media studies.
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Communication studies.
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Business mathematics & systems.
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Mathematical physics.
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Data mining.
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COMPUTERS -- General.
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Online social networks
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Social media
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User-generated content
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Britt, Brian C
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| ISBN |
9783319644257 |
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3319644254 |
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