scholarly journals Supporting CSCW and CSCL with Intelligent Social Grouping Services

2009 ◽  
pp. 1629-1641
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai ◽  
Jia Zhang ◽  
Jeff J.S. Huang ◽  
Stephen J.H. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Social Grouping ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
The Social

This article presents an intelligent social grouping service for identifying right participants to support CSCW and CSCL. We construct a three-layer hierarchical social network, in which we identify two important relationship ties – a knowledge relationship tie and a social relationship tie. We use these relationship ties as metric to measure the collaboration strength between pairs of participants in a social network. The stronger the knowledge relationship tie, the more knowledgeable the participants; the stronger the social relationship tie, the more likely the participants are willing to share their knowledge. By analyzing and calculating these relationship ties among peers using our computational models, we present a systematic way to discover collaboration peers according to configurable and customizable requirements. Experiences of social grouping services for identifying communities of practice through peer-to-peer search are also reported.

scholarly journals Supporting CSCW and CSCL with Intelligent Social Grouping Services

2012 ◽  
pp. 420-433
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai ◽  
Jia Zhang ◽  
Jeff J.S. Huang ◽  
Stephen J.H. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Social Grouping ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
The Social

This article presents an intelligent social grouping service for identifying right participants to support CSCW and CSCL. We construct a three-layer hierarchical social network, in which we identify two important relationship ties – a knowledge relationship tie and a social relationship tie. We use these relationship ties as metric to measure the collaboration strength between pairs of participants in a social network. The stronger the knowledge relationship tie, the more knowledgeable the participants; the stronger the social relationship tie, the more likely the participants are willing to share their knowledge. By analyzing and calculating these relationship ties among peers using our computational models, we present a systematic way to discover collaboration peers according to configurable and customizable requirements. Experiences of social grouping services for identifying communities of practice through peer-to-peer search are also reported.

Collaborative Finance and Its Hurdles to Overcome

2020 ◽  
pp. 239-262
Author(s):  
Elisabet Ruiz-Dotras ◽  
Krystyna Mitręga-Niestrój
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Online Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Finance Development ◽  
Personal Trust ◽  
Financial Issues

Using survey data from an online Spanish university, real and perceived financial literacy levels, social interactions and personal trust with the social network are measured as key elements for collaborative finance development. This is the first study regarding the factors that may affect the use of collaborative finance. Results show levels of financial literacy are quiet low as in prior studies and individuals consider that the bank manager, friends, and parents can manage financial issues better than them, with the last two peers being those who most trust to discuss financial issues. The findings also provide information about how little individuals trust online networks when it comes to financial matters. Besides, respondents interact moderately with their social network missing the benefits of peer-to-peer learning. Overall, lack of financial literacy, low social interaction, and personal trust may be affecting the short use of collaborative financial services.

scholarly journals Pronouns, Address Forms and Politeness Strategies in Odia

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-46
Author(s):  
Kalyanamalini SAHOO
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Politeness Theory ◽  
Address Forms ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Linguistic Usage

This study discusses how various politeness strategies are implemented linguistically and how linguistic usage is related to social and contextual factors in the Indic language Odia. The study extends the validity of politeness theory (Brown & Levinson, 1978) with reference to Odia speech-patterns and shows that Odia usage of politeness would be more differentiated according to the social relationship and gender than the content of the message.  In Brown and Levinson’s model, individual speech acts are considered to be inherently polite or impolite.  However, in Odia, it is found that communities of practice, rather than individuals, determine whether speech acts are considered polite or impolite. Thus, politeness should be considered as a set of strategies or practices set by particular groups or communities of practice as a socially constructed norm for themselves.

Collaborative Finance and Its Hurdles to Overcome

2021 ◽  
pp. 457-481
Author(s):  
Elisabet Ruiz-Dotras ◽  
Krystyna Mitręga-Niestrój
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Online Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Finance Development ◽  
Personal Trust ◽  
Financial Issues

Using survey data from an online Spanish university, real and perceived financial literacy levels, social interactions and personal trust with the social network are measured as key elements for collaborative finance development. This is the first study regarding the factors that may affect the use of collaborative finance. Results show levels of financial literacy are quiet low as in prior studies and individuals consider that the bank manager, friends, and parents can manage financial issues better than them, with the last two peers being those who most trust to discuss financial issues. The findings also provide information about how little individuals trust online networks when it comes to financial matters. Besides, respondents interact moderately with their social network missing the benefits of peer-to-peer learning. Overall, lack of financial literacy, low social interaction, and personal trust may be affecting the short use of collaborative financial services.

scholarly journals Measurement of network-based and random meetings in social networks

2019 ◽  
pp. 765-779
Author(s):  
Pranav NERURKAR ◽  
MADHAV CHANDANE ◽  
SUNIL BHIRUD
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Suitable Structure ◽  
Block Models ◽  
Genesis Model

Social networks are created by the underlying behavior of the actors involved in them. Each actor has interactions with other actors in the network and these interactions decide whether a social relationship should develop between them. Such interactions may occur due to meeting processes such as chance-based meetings or network-based (choice) meetings. Depending upon which of these two types of interactions plays a greater role in creation of links, a social network shall evolve accordingly. This evolution shall result in the social network obtaining a suitable structure and certain unique features. The aim of this work is to determine the relative ratio of the meeting processes that exist between different actors in a social network and their importance in understanding the procedure of network formation. This is achieved by selecting a suitable network genesis model. For this purpose, different models for network genesis are discussed in detail and their differences are highlighted through experimental results. Network genesis models are compared and contrasted with other approaches available in the literature, such as simulation-based models and block models. Performance measures to compare the results of the network genesis models with baselines are statistics of networks recreated using the models. The socially generated networks studied here belong to various domains like e- commerce, electoral processes, social networking websites, peer to peer file-sharing websites, and Internet graphs. The insights obtained after analyzing these datasets by network genesis models are used for prescribing measures that could ensure continuous growth of these social networks and improve the benefits for the actors involved in them.

scholarly journals “I feel a little bit more connected”: a qualitative study of Moderated Online Social Therapy for young people with active suicidal ideation (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Bailey ◽  
Jo Robinson ◽  
Mario Alvarez-Jimenez ◽  
Maja Nedeljkovic ◽  
Lee Valentine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Therapeutic Benefit ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Social Therapy ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND Online interventions are a promising approach to supporting youth at risk of suicide, and those incorporating peer-to-peer social networking may have the added potential to target interpersonal states of perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. Due to feasibility and safety concerns, including fear of contagion, this had not been tested until recently. OBJECTIVE In 2018 we conducted a pilot evaluation to test the feasibility, safety and acceptability of a Moderated Online Social Therapy intervention, called Affinity, with a sample of young people with active suicidal ideation. The aim of the present study is to report on qualitative data collected from study participants regarding their experience of the online social network and the consequent safety features. METHODS Affinity is a closed website incorporating three key components: therapeutic content delivered via comics, peer-to-peer social networking, and moderation by peers and clinicians. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 young people who took part in the pilot study after eight weeks of exposure to the intervention. Interview data from two young people who did not use Affinity were excluded from the analysis. The interviews were analysed using thematic analysis, with frequency of responses characterised using the Consensual Qualitative Research Method. Results are reported in accordance with the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist. RESULTS Four overarching themes were identified: a safe and supportive environment; the importance of mutual experiences; difficulty engaging and connecting; and, pros and cons of banning discussions about suicide. Interestingly, although Affinity was perceived to be safe and free of judgment, concerns about negative evaluation and triggering others were significant barriers to posting on the social network. Participants generally supported the banning of conversations about suicide, although for some this was perceived to reinforce stigma or was associated with frustration and distress. CONCLUSIONS The results support the safety and potential therapeutic benefit of the social networking aspect of Affinity, yet also brought to light several implementation challenges to be considered. There is a need to carefully balance the need for stringent safety and design features with ensuring the potential for therapeutic benefit is maximised. CLINICALTRIAL NA

scholarly journals Life Experience of Ethnic Minorities in Urban of Vietnam: An Analysis of the Social Relationship and Social Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 216
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Chieu ◽  
Tran Van Kham
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Social Relation ◽  
Initial Finding ◽  
The Social ◽  
National University ◽  
Industrial Zones

This article is a part of a research project supported by Vietnam National University-Hanoi about the social welfare of ethnic people in the urban and industrial zones, aims at identifying and describing the life experiences of these groups in the urbanization process. Shreds of evidence from analysing the social network, social connection, social interaction of research participants in their living and working places, it is found that the ethnic minorities face difficulties in setting their life in the new context. However, they tend to build the social cohesion and to be satisfied with the new life conditions to meet the objectives of having a better life and a job in the new context. The findings from this analysis also show that there is a difference among the living place, age group, gender correlated to the social network, social relation and life experiences in the new context. It is the initial finding from the survey of 600 ethnic people in urban of three provinces of Daklak, Lang Son and Binh Duong of Vietnam.   Received: 22 June 2021 / Accepted: 05 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021

The Paradox of Communities of Practice

2011 ◽  
pp. 36-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Hislop
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Close Collaboration ◽  
Community Interactions ◽  
Community Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Shared Infrastructure ◽  
Community Contexts

This chapter examines knowledge sharing between Communities of Practice, a relatively neglected topic of study. Theory and evidence is presented to suggest that knowledge sharing between communities is likely to be more complex than intra-community knowledge sharing, due to the lack of shared consensual knowledge or shared sense of identity which typically exists in inter-community contexts. In such situations, the development of trust is seen to be a key foundation which requires to be developed before effective knowledge sharing can occur. Three brief case studies are presented to illustrate the arguments made. Practitioner implications flowing from this chapter are twofold. Firstly, to facilitate effective inter-community knowledge sharing requires effort to be invested in developing the social relationship (and hence trust) between members from the communities. Secondly, organizations need to balance their efforts at building Communities of Practice with supporting inter-community interactions; otherwise they risk developing isolated and inward looking communities. ‘The shared infrastructure of activity that makes cooperation the norm within particular communities of activity can act as a barrier to close collaboration with outsiders’ Blackler, Crump, & McDonald, 2000, p. 282

scholarly journals Decentralized Online Social Network Using Peer-to-Peer Technology

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manh Ha Tran ◽  
Van Sinh Nguyen ◽  
Synh Viet Uyen Ha
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
User Authentication ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Processing Power ◽  
The Social ◽  
User Data ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Super Peer

This paper presents a social network with a peer-to-peer architecture that facilitates social computing services in distributed environments. This social network aims to provide users the capability of managing the dissemination of user data, searching user data on the data silos of the network, and consolidating user data from various social networks. The social network employs a super peer peer-to-peer architecture that contains peers and super peers. Users use peers to participate the network and services. Peers with sufficient storage, bandwidth and processing power become super peers that support peers for complex operations such as user authentication or group communication. We have extended the Gnutella protocol to provide the authentication and posting services on the social network. The design of these services copes with the distributed setting of the social network. The evaluation of the prototyping social network has performed on a number of laboratory workstations to investigate its scalability, reliability and performance.

Hakka migrant hometown associations: Development and social network patterns

2021 ◽  
pp. 011719682110463
Author(s):  
Han-Pi Chang ◽  
Chen-Chi Chang ◽  
Wei-An Chang
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Hometown Associations ◽  
Network Characteristics ◽  
Organizational Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Network Patterns ◽  
Migrant Associations

This study sought to review the development of Hakka migrant hometown associations and to explore the social network patterns of these associations. To better understand migrant associations in different contexts, research was conducted in various countries or regions. The study examined the relationships between and among associations from an organizational perspective. Using the criteria of density and centralization, the social network patterns are classified into four network types: (1) hierarchical, (2) clique, (3) peer-to-peer, and (4) formative. According to the findings, the network characteristics of different associations enable Hakka associations to flourish in the immigration countries and preserve Hakka culture.

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