Title :
Scientific Foundations: A Case for Technology- Mediated Social- Participation Theory
Author :
Kraut, Robert ; Maher, Mary Lou ; Olson, Judith ; Malone, Thomas W. ; Pirolli, Peter ; Thomas, John C.
Author_Institution :
Human-Comput. Interaction Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
Technology-mediated social-participation systems, such as Wikipedia and TopCoder, allow a vast user base to collaborate to solve difficult problems. TMSP could be applied to many current social issues, but doing so requires new theory and infrastructure for social design.
Keywords :
social aspects of automation; TopCoder; Wikipedia; social design; social issues; technology-mediated social-participation theory; Biological system modeling; Communities; Computational modeling; Economics; Humans; Organizations; Psychology; collaboratory; social media; social networks; technology-mediated social participation;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2010.324
