Hashtags as online communities with social support: A study of anti-sexism-in-science hashtag movements

First Monday ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Golbeck ◽  
Summer Ash ◽  
Nicole Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Free Response ◽  
The Face

In the face of many cases of sexism within the sciences, scientists have turned to Twitter with hashtags to address the issue. Popular hashtags include #distractinglySexy, #iLookLikeAnEngineer, and #girlsWithToys. In this study, we set out to investigate why people were reading and using these hashtags and what impact it had on them. We administered a survey, which contained multiple choice and free response questions, to 83 people who had read or used these hashtags. We found that the hashtags ended up serving as an ad hoc online community in which participants found a space of social support. Building an improved sense of awareness was also an important reason for and outcome of participation. We examine the role of hashtags as ad hoc online communities on Twitter and the affects that they have for participants.

scholarly journals Online Communities and Open Innovation

Economics ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 652-666
Author(s):  
Alberto Francesconi ◽  
Riccardo Bonazzi ◽  
Claudia Dossena
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Linear Process ◽  
Innovation Approach

Online communities are becoming an important way to support firms towards an open innovation approach. However, knowledge shared in an online community represents only a potential for firm's innovation aims. The effectiveness of exploration and exploitation of this knowledge depends on firm's absorptive capacity. In this work the authors focus on the time an idea, shared within an online community, takes to be transformed from a ‘potential' into a ‘realized' innovation by a firm. In particular, conceiving knowledge as a trajectory across pole of attraction rather than a linear process, the authors develop a model inspired by the solar system metaphor. Preliminary results from a case study are presented. They suggest firms may improve the effectiveness of absorptive capacity exploiting the mediation role of a software tool.

The role of identification in soliciting social support in online communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 106181
Author(s):  
Zheng An ◽  
Jingbo Meng ◽  
Luana Mendiola-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Online Communities

Motivations for and outcomes of participating in research online communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juyoung Bang ◽  
Seounmi Youn ◽  
James Rowean ◽  
Michael Jennings ◽  
Manila Austin
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Market Research ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Identification ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

This study examined consumers’ motivations for participating in market research online communities (MROCs) and an integrative role of community identification in explaining its motivational antecedents and consequences. Online survey data ( n = 1,461) were collected from various company-sponsored MROCs, which were run by a leading online community service provider in the United States. The findings showed that several motivations underlying MROC participation had an influence on members’ sense of identification with MROCs. Furthermore, members’ identification with MROCs was found to contribute to enhancing their feeling heard by the sponsoring company, which in turn affected their intention to continually participate in communities and trust in the sponsoring company’s brand. Theoretical and managerial implications were discussed in relation to the value that listening to consumers has for market research.

scholarly journals Developing Online Communities for Librarian Researchers: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 512
Author(s):  
Lili Luo ◽  
Marie Kennedy ◽  
Kristine Brancolini ◽  
Michael Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Conference Attendance

This study examines the role of online communities in connecting and supporting librarian researchers, through the analysis of member activities in the online community for academic librarians that attended the 2014 Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL). The 2014 IRDL cohort members participated in the online community via Twitter and a Facebook group page. A content analysis of their posts and an online survey among them identified different patterns of engagement and four primary types of content—posts related to completing the IRDL research project required for each cohort member, announcements about research-related resources and opportunities, posts reminiscing about the IRDL experience, and arrangements of conference attendance and meetups. Implications for successfully designing online communities for librarian researchers are discussed.

scholarly journals Understanding Why Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Join Diabetes Online Communities: Semantic Network Analyses (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakeem Amir Lewis ◽  
Perry M Gee ◽  
Chia-Ling Lynn Ho ◽  
Lisa M Soederberg Miller
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Semantic Network ◽  
Well Being ◽  
General Information ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Chronic Health ◽  
Network Analyses

BACKGROUND As individuals age, chronic health difficulties may disrupt physical and social well-being. Individuals can turn to online communities to interact with similar peers, which may help buffer negative effects resulting from health difficulties. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the reasons that older adults join a diabetes online community to better understand the specific resources that are being sought. METHODS We used semantic network analyses to categorize the reasons participants provided for joining a community during the sign-up process. RESULTS The most frequent reasons for joining were to seek information about their health condition, to help with self-management of health difficulties, for feelings of informational and social support, and for having a community with whom to share. Women were more likely to go online for sharing and companionship as well as for information and social support reasons, whereas men were more likely to go online for general information and self-management reasons. CONCLUSIONS This study shows the reasons older adults seek to join a diabetes online community: for increased information and support regarding chronic health difficulties. Practitioners may want to consider ways to promote access to online communities among their older patients as a source of health information and a resource to provide a sense of community.

scholarly journals Methodological Proposal for the Detection of the Composing Elements of Vulnerability Regarding Disinformation

Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Belén Puebla-Martínez ◽  
Nuria Navarro-Sierra ◽  
Gema Alcolea-Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Online Community ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Orthogonal Design ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Vulnerability Factors ◽  
The Face ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Intensive Approach ◽  
Informed Society

We live in a hyper-informed society that is constantly being fed with information stimuli. That information may not be correct, and society may be vulnerable to it. We present a methodological proposal with a mixed approach that allows the learning of the characteristics and weaknesses of news consumers in the face of disinformation. Said methodology moves away from the traditional model, and with it a new, much more complete and complex way of conducting discussion groups is carried out. The qualitative approach is carried out through the creation of an online community in which subjects are encouraged to participate in different activities and tests. On the other hand, in order to obtain quantitative data, a quasi-experimental survey where respondents are exposed to various stimuli created ad hoc, which seeks to measure the interest and credibility of different news items through an orthogonal design, is carried out. The use of this methodology will allow for an expansive and intensive approach to the knowledge of societal vulnerability factors, and with the subsequent results, a solid basis of disinformation can be established, which will allow for the development of a series of strategies to combat disinformation.

Social support in the face of adversity: The role of cognitive appraisal

1989 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris R. Brewin ◽  
Brigid MacCarthy ◽  
Adrian Furnham
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Cognitive Appraisal ◽  
The Face

The relationship between social vulnerability and the occurrence of severely threatening life events

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Champion
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Developmental Perspective ◽  
Vulnerability Factors ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Relationship

SYNOPSISResearch on the role of life events in the onset of depression has suggested that certain vulnerability factors can increase the risk of disorder in the face of a threatening event. The role of vulnerability factors to increase the likelihood of severs events occurring in the first place has remained largelu unexplored. The vulnerability factor which has received the most attention is a lack of social support, particularly lack of a confiding relationship with a husband for women. A reanalysis of a number of published studies is undertaken; this shows that there is a positive relationship between lack of intimacy and the occurrence of adversity. The implications of this finding are briefly discussed, with emphasis on the need for a life-span developmental perspective in future life events research.

Investigating the Mediating Role of Affective Commitment in a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environment

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
Ming-Hui Wen ◽  
Jen-Wei Chang ◽  
Chun-Chia Lee ◽  
Hung-Yu Wei
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Emotional Social Support ◽  
Community Commitment ◽  
Individual Commitment

Because of the evolution of community supported collaborative learning (CSCL), the online community has become a necessary aspect of most companies and organizations. Previous research has indicated that employee community commitment is the fundamental function of an organization, which has proven to affect a person's teamwork performance. However, research focused on how the online community-supported collaborative virtual environment, such as enterprise social network (e.g., Yammer) or virtual working space (e.g., SUN's Wonderland) might alter community commitment to affect a person's teamwork self-efficacy is scant. The authors examine the mediating role of community commitment with emotional social support as an independent variable and teamwork performance as an output variable. World of Warcraft (WOW), a dynamic high-fidelity virtual environment that can support hundreds to thousands of people collaborating together, serves as the research platform in this study.The authors conducted hierarchical regression analysis to explore the causal-effect relationship among the factors of emotional social support, community commitment, and teamwork self-efficacy. In total, 558 current company employees selected from WOW participated in an online survey. The authors' findings showed that individual commitment positively influences teamwork self-efficacy. To increase individual commitment, the online community can provide a high level of emotional social support to members.

scholarly journals From protest to parliament: The role of digital technologies within an online community

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Øystein Sæbø ◽  
Tommaso Federici ◽  
Alessio Maria Braccini
Keyword(s):  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Movement Organization ◽  
Five Star Movement ◽  
Italian Politics ◽  
The Government ◽  
Political Decisions

Our teaching case introduces the story of how the Italian Five Star Movement used digital technologies in the growth from a personal blog discussing politics back in 2005 to the most voted party in the Italian election in 2018, becoming part of the government. The Italian Five Star Movement is among the largest eParticipation initiatives globally. It is (almost) totally organized through the use of digital platforms. Members form online communities and are continuously invited to discuss and make decisions that end up into Italian politics. Adopting a chronological perspective, we describe the development of the Italian Five Star Movement, focusing on their use of digital technologies at various stages and for various purposes. The case illustrates the growth of online communities and the advent of a social movement organization within the political sphere, and how to organize for members to discuss and make political decisions online. Furthermore, it demonstrates the growth of online communities and opportunities and challenges faced with such a quick progress.

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