Laurie, I'm not familiar with any literature and am looking forward to others posting some good refs but you might expand your search to include "trolls." Charlie Balch professor of Computer Information Systems Arizona Western College -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Lorraine Buis Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 12:51 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Literature on Seeding Online Communities Hello all, I was wondering if anyone is familiar with any academic literature that discusses seeding forums within online communities? By seeding, I mean posting messages from community moderators to get conversations going within online communities. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Laurie Buis Post Doctoral Fellow at Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service buisl@msu.edu _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.10/943 - Release Date: 8/8/2007 5:38 PM