Title :
Exploring Social Structure, Participation and Knowledge Dissemination within an Online Game Design Community: Sploder
Author :
Sarkar, Chayan ; Gaudreault, G.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Commun. Arts & Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Abstract :
This study explores social ranks, participations and knowledge dissemination within an online game design community. We describe how social ranks have evolved and supported the overall participation over time. We argue that higher social rank members drive the community in terms of forming effective idea and knowledge sharing. A multi-method analysis technique using content analysis, qualitative interview, and server level quantitative data of users in Sploder.com supports our claim.
Keywords :
computer games; information dissemination; peer-to-peer computing; content analysis; knowledge dissemination; knowledge sharing; multimethod analysis technique; online game design community; participation; social ranks; social structure exploration; Communities; Computers; Discussion forums; Educational institutions; Entertainment industry; Games; Servers; Game Design Communities; Knowledge Dissemination; Online Communities; Participation; Social Rank;
Conference_Titel :
Internet Operating Systems (ICIOS), 2012 IEEE First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Irvine, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5092-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIOS.2012.14
