Posted in community, participation on May 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
It just occurred to me that the asynchronous online environment is like one-way glass. Audience can read (see) what’s going on in the online space without being seen. Often times, the writers have no ideas whether their contribution have been read. Without the physical presence online, writers have to depend on the comments to know [...]
Posted in blog, community on Mar 13th, 2008 No Comments »
I agree that deep conversation might happen on blogosphere. But the pattern of the conversation tends to be individual-centered. That is to say, the blogger as the central node of interaction. However, I really doubt the effectiveness of blogs as many-to-many discussion tool.
The dialog on blog space is enabled by commenting. The problem with commenting [...]
Posted in community on Jan 13th, 2008 No Comments »
The hybrid or blended community has been a question dwelling in my head for a while. I am quite interested in the relationship between the online and physical part of the community. The term “online community” is too general. I like hybrid community better since it emphasized the complex online/offline relationship. Essentially, there are [...]
Posted in community, social software on Nov 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Fred Stutzman differentiated two types of social network sites: one as ego-centric (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn), the other as object-centric (e.g. Flickr). The basis for the ego-centric social network is the individual-centered social network; the basis for the object-centric social network is mostly the artifact or product.
Terry Anderson argues that
perhaps the best ESS (Educational social [...]
Posted in community on Jul 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Stephen has some distinguish network from community:
Groups require unity, networks require diversity. Groups require
coherence, networks require autonomy. Groups require privacy or
segregation, networks require openness. Groups require focus of voice,
networks require interaction. The group I am with right now is very
intent on being a group. That doesn’t interest me. I have no wish to
lose my identity [...]
Posted in blog, community on Jul 12th, 2007 No Comments »
One of the major difference between blog community and forum-based online community is the absence of community space. That entails the distributed conversation and more fluid membership. What is highlighted is the ownership issue and the tension between individual and community interest. The personal blog space is owned by the blogger. But who own the [...]
Posted in blog, community on Jul 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Nancy White’s paper on blog community has been acclaimed as the best research article by Edublog award. Here are some of the ideas from the article.
The online community set on discussion forum are usually clearly bounded communities with authentication, registration, etc. The new type of online community in blogosphere makes it imperative to study the [...]
