?? ????? ?? ?? ???? ???... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Hecht" <hecht_j@netvision.net.il> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:07 AM Subject: Re: [Air-l] we need a better word than lurking
WOW!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulf-Dietrich Reips" <ureips@genpsy.unizh.ch> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>; "aoir list" <air-l@aoir.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [Air-l] we need a better word than lurking
Hi Barry, all, you might be interested in the following two works:
Stegbauer, C. & Rausch, A. (2002). Lurkers in mailing lists. In B. Batinic, U.-D. Reips, & M. Bosnjak (Eds.), Online Social Sciences (pp. 263-274). Seattle: Hogrefe & Huber.
Bosnjak, M. (2001). Participation in non-restricted web surveys: A typology and explanatory model for item non- response. In U.-D. Reips & M. Bosnjak (Eds.), Dimensions of Internet Science (pp. 193-208). Lengerich: Pabst.
While the first one is from the area of social network theory, the second one proposes a highly useful typology of non-responders in online research. In Bosnjak's view, lurkers are just one of seven types. While created for online research, the typology seems useful for other purposes as well.
Best --u
At 15:48 Uhr -0400 7.5.2007, Barry Wellman wrote:
John Veitch gave us a useful post that showed that most people Lurk. Altho John didn't explicitly say so, the general implication is that Lurking Is a Bad Thing. But imagine if everybody was actively contributing all the time. We'd be filled with noise. (As it is, I wonder about some of the posts on this list, including mine;-)) I absolutely don't want my 13-year old cousin (whom I love dearly) to contribute to the Social Networks article, or probably anything else. Nor, in fact, do I want some ignorant person to contribute. I am not for credentialism, but I am for knowledge and expertise.
Indeed, 99% of the time, I am a Reader only of Wikipedia articles. I try only to contribute when I actually know something, like Social Network, Bronx High School of Science, and Barbra Streisand.
YMMV
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