Peer-to-peer online voice as emergent collective action

2021 ◽  
pp. 002218562110319
Author(s):  
Michael Walker
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Nature Of Information ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Worker Voice ◽  
Pain Points

E-voice is now a common form of worker voice. Existing scholarship has focused on e-voice’s potential for grievance-airing and resistance; however, much work-oriented online discussion is not change oriented but more in the nature of information sharing and mutual aid. Even when not deliberately intended to be, mutual aid discussion can be an exercise of worker voice because it identifies and highlights pain points in the workplace, spreads awareness of these through online communities and constitutes an attempt to improve an objectionable state of affairs. As otherwise voiceless workers discover and act on these shared ideas en masse, they create an emergent form of collective action.

scholarly journals Peer-To-Peer Multimedia And Information Sharing In Social Networking Web Sites

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahin Talaei
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Overlay Networks ◽  
Performance Testing ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Network Simulator ◽  
Mesh Topology ◽  
Multimedia Distribution

This thesis examines the performance for multimedia distribution and information sharing of social-networking web sites, with a focus on user networks in Facebook. We used real user network data from Facebook together with a synthetic Facebook network in the performance-testing experiments. We tested performance for multimedia distribution and information sharing using three different types of overlay networks: Facebook; structured peer-to-peer (ring topology); and unstructured peer-to-peer (mesh topology). The experiments used Network Simulator 2 (Ns-2) to simulate the network topologies. The results show that structured Peer-to-Peer has the best performance in terms of information transfer, and Facebook has the best performance in regards to average throughput. This thesis shows the strengths and weaknesses of online social networking while sharing information and multimedia content.

What’s In It for Me?

2013 ◽  
pp. 91-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Grassian ◽  
Rhonda Trueman
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Knowledge Innovation ◽  
3D Virtual World

Virtual worlds offer synchronous (simultaneous) real life participation through virtual reality, combining the two to provide convenient and low-cost options for librarians’ professional development. This chapter explores the use of virtual worlds for meetings, training, conferences, discussions, mentoring, networking, and peer-to-peer information sharing, with a focus on the 3D virtual world of Second Life. Definitions of “professional development” and “virtual worlds” precede discussion of the issues surrounding the use of this type of environment for a variety of training events and activities to support and encourage ongoing expansion of knowledge, innovation, and creativity among librarians. This chapter also includes information about planning and implementing professional development sessions in this arena, along with information on effective methods for publicizing these activities for parties interested in using virtual worlds for professional development. For those interested in attending professional development opportunities in virtual worlds, the chapter provides information on how to discover and choose useful activities and events in virtual worlds.

Impact of Anonymity on Information Sharing through Internal Psychological Processes

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho Lee ◽  
Jaewon Choi ◽  
Kyung Kyu Kim ◽  
Ae Ri Lee
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Online Anonymity ◽  
Community Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

Many web users post their opinions and information without revealing their identities (i.e., demographics, social standing, and/or expertise); anonymity has become a common form of information exchange in online communities such as social media sites and Internet forums. In the meantime, negative social consequences have resulted from anonymous activities in online communities. Existing literature reports largely mixed results about the impact of online anonymity on online community outcomes. In an effort to clarify these mixed results, this study proposes a new operational definition of online anonymity that consists of three dimensions: unlinkability, unobservability, and pseudonymity. The data used in this study was collected from 238 online community users through a web-based survey conducted in South Korea. The results show that unlinkability, unobservability and pseudonymity positively influence self-discrepancy, which in turn positively influences the quality and quantity of information sharing.

The ecosystem of commons-based peer production and its transformative dynamics

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Bauwens ◽  
Alekos Pantazis
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Peer Production ◽  
Mutual Dependence ◽  
Production Models ◽  
Peer Dynamics ◽  
Social Creativity

This essay discusses peer-to-peer social dynamics and the relevant technological infrastructures that enable new modes of production. Commons-based peer production is presented as an alternative to the profit-driven peer-to-peer production models of the digital economy. The latter models utilize the peer-to-peer dynamics to harness social creativity, collaboration and information sharing. The created value is then captured and valorized towards profit maximization. This essay argues that there are possibilities for moving away from such extractive models to more generative ones. Commons-based peer production seems to encapsulate both social and environmental sustainability, and thus has the potential to influence such a transition. As commons-based peer production cannot yet reproduce itself outside of a mutual dependence on capitalism, it risks being subordinated. To counter this, a commons-oriented solid and protective ecosystem is needed to fully unleash the creative capabilities of commons-based peer production.

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