While there is significant potential for social technologies to strengthen local communities, creating viable online spaces for them remains difficult. Maintaining a reliable content stream is challenging for local communities with their bounded emphases and limited population of potential contributors. Some systems focus on specific information types (e.g. restaurant, events). Others allow many different information types. This paper reports our findings about the consequences of content diversity from a study of neighborhood-oriented Facebook groups. The findings raise questions about the viability of designs for local online communities that focus narrowly on single topics, goals, and audiences
This chapter explores the challenges of establishing and sustaining online communities and regional ...
This research aims to extend our knowledge about the factors for increasing participation and sustai...
Community networks that incorporate emerging social media features have the potential to encourage c...
While there is significant potential for social technologies to strengthen local communities, creati...
Thousands of social gatherings - online communities – occur via ICTs across the Internet. They use l...
Local voluntary groups are important players in democratic society. Through group activities and dis...
While Internet researchers have largely investigated worldwide information sharing, less attention h...
In the face of the growing challenge of low civic participation, various technology-based endeav- or...
An online community is a virtual community composed of individuals who form and maintain online comm...
Many local information systems struggle to remain viable over time. The low volume of new content th...
Social networking sites and virtual spaces have flourished in the past few years. The author explore...
This research aims to extend our knowledge about the factors for increasing participation and sustai...
The existence and survival of online communities depends upon the commitment and retention of their ...
Various information systems have emerged to facilitate citizen participation in the life of their co...
Technology has captured the attention of researchers in computer-mediated communication from early o...
This chapter explores the challenges of establishing and sustaining online communities and regional ...
This research aims to extend our knowledge about the factors for increasing participation and sustai...
Community networks that incorporate emerging social media features have the potential to encourage c...
While there is significant potential for social technologies to strengthen local communities, creati...
Thousands of social gatherings - online communities – occur via ICTs across the Internet. They use l...
Local voluntary groups are important players in democratic society. Through group activities and dis...
While Internet researchers have largely investigated worldwide information sharing, less attention h...
In the face of the growing challenge of low civic participation, various technology-based endeav- or...
An online community is a virtual community composed of individuals who form and maintain online comm...
Many local information systems struggle to remain viable over time. The low volume of new content th...
Social networking sites and virtual spaces have flourished in the past few years. The author explore...
This research aims to extend our knowledge about the factors for increasing participation and sustai...
The existence and survival of online communities depends upon the commitment and retention of their ...
Various information systems have emerged to facilitate citizen participation in the life of their co...
Technology has captured the attention of researchers in computer-mediated communication from early o...
This chapter explores the challenges of establishing and sustaining online communities and regional ...
This research aims to extend our knowledge about the factors for increasing participation and sustai...
Community networks that incorporate emerging social media features have the potential to encourage c...