• DocumentCode
    2067362
  • Title

    How Web 2.0 communities solve the knowledge sharing problem

  • Author

    Allen, Jonathan P.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    26-28 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Contemporary knowledge management research assumes that people are reluctant to share their personal knowledge for the benefit of others. Yet in certain Web 2.0 communities, there is an abundance of knowledge sharing, not a scarcity. This paper explores a new approach to studying peer-based knowledge reproduction that examines the detailed socio-technical practices of knowledge sharing in the Web 2.0 world.
  • Keywords
    Internet; knowledge management; social aspects of automation; Web 2.0 community; knowledge management research; knowledge sharing; peer-based knowledge reproduction; socio-technical practices; Business; Costs; Customer service; Information services; Internet; Investments; Knowledge management; Social network services; Web sites; Wikipedia;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Technology and Society, 2008. ISTAS 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Fredericton, NB
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1669-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1670-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISTAS.2008.4559754
  • Filename
    4559754