Re: [Air-L] Categorisation/taxonomy of online social systems?
Hello Sahat,
I did a similar study with virtual worlds using a faceted classification approach.
What are the facets that you are using? Are you using them to compare to other social platforms? Indeed, what I am trying to understand the diversity of these platforms (so as to understand why some of them work in some contexts and others in other contexts). Concerning Virtual Worlds, I came across recently an interesting paper: Virtual worlds - past, present, and future: New directions in social computing Paul R. Messinger, Eleni Stroulia, Kelly Lyons, Michael Bone, Run H. Niu, Kristen Smirnov, Stephen Perelgut Decision Support Systems 47 (2009) 204-228 Thierry ________________________________ From: Sarah Robbins [mailto:intellagirl@gmail.com] Sent: mardi 24 novembre 2009 19:51 To: NABETH Thierry Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Categorisation/taxonomy of online social systems? Thierry: I did a similar study with virtual worlds using a faceted classification approach. Perhaps you could use the same method to do the same? I'm happy to share resources if you're interested. Sarah Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins PhD Candidate, Ball State University Director of Emerging Technologies, Kelley Executive Partners at Indiana University www.ubernoggin.com http://www.intellagirl.com Yahoo: Intellagirl Skype: Intellagirl SecondLife: Intellagirl Tully On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:38 PM, NABETH Thierry <Thierry.NABETH@insead.edu> wrote: ....
Hi all Since this issue is taxing (taxonomising?) me as well, I did a quick search and have found it hard to discern any explained or analytically developed taxonomies. As I reflect on whether it is actually possible to categorise 'online social systems' (which is itself a complex term), I am starting to think that there's more to be gained from focusing on categorising the affordances of computer-mediated interaction and then attempting to locate a particular application, system or environment within a pattern of affordances. Perhaps the question, therefore is, what taxonomies or structured conceptual arrays of CMC affordances are there? Matt Associate Professor Matthew Allen Head, Department of Internet Studies School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts Curtin University of Technology CRICOS provider code: 00301J (WA); 02637B (NSW) +61892663511 http://netstudies.curtin.edu.au and http://netcrit.net 2008 ALTC Teaching Fellow Life Member, Association of Internet Researchers -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of NABETH Thierry Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 6:18 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Categorisation/taxonomy of online social systems? Hello Sahat,
I did a similar study with virtual worlds using a faceted classification approach.
What are the facets that you are using? Are you using them to compare to other social platforms? Indeed, what I am trying to understand the diversity of these platforms (so as to understand why some of them work in some contexts and others in other contexts). Concerning Virtual Worlds, I came across recently an interesting paper: Virtual worlds - past, present, and future: New directions in social computing Paul R. Messinger, Eleni Stroulia, Kelly Lyons, Michael Bone, Run H. Niu, Kristen Smirnov, Stephen Perelgut Decision Support Systems 47 (2009) 204-228 Thierry ________________________________ From: Sarah Robbins [mailto:intellagirl@gmail.com] Sent: mardi 24 novembre 2009 19:51 To: NABETH Thierry Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Categorisation/taxonomy of online social systems? Thierry: I did a similar study with virtual worlds using a faceted classification approach. Perhaps you could use the same method to do the same? I'm happy to share resources if you're interested. Sarah Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins PhD Candidate, Ball State University Director of Emerging Technologies, Kelley Executive Partners at Indiana University www.ubernoggin.com http://www.intellagirl.com Yahoo: Intellagirl Skype: Intellagirl SecondLife: Intellagirl Tully On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:38 PM, NABETH Thierry <Thierry.NABETH@insead.edu> wrote: .... _______________________________________________ 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/
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