Structural Differentiation in Social Media

Structural Differentiation in Social Media

Adhocracy, Entropy, and the "1 % Effect"

Matei, Sorin Adam; Britt, Brian C.

Springer International Publishing AG

08/2018

247

Mole

Inglês

9783319877914

15 a 20 dias

454

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Introduction.- Part I: Structural Differentiation and Social Media: Theoretical Framework.- Macro-Structural Perspectives on Social Differentiation and Organizational Evolution in Online Groups.- Specifying a Wikipedia-centric Explanatory Model for Online Group Evolution and Structural Differentiation.- Social Structuration Online: Entropy and Social Systems.- Analytic Investigation of a Structural Differentiation Model for Social Media Production Groups.- Part II: Configurational Change Phases and Motors in Online Collaboration.- The Foundations of a Theoretical Model for Organizational Configurations and Change in Online Collaborative Processes.- Organizational Configurations and Configurational Change.- A Synthesized Theoretical Framework for Motors Driving Organizational Configurational Change.- Wikipedia Evolution: Trends and Phases.- Breakpoints and Concurrent Factors.- Part III: Future theoretical and practical directions.- Conclusions.- Appendix A: Data Collection, Management,Pre-Processing, and Analysis.- Appendix B: Historical and Media Analysis of Wikipedia's Evolutionary Context.- Appendix C: Advantages and Disadvantages of Stepwise Segmented Regression Analysis.
social media group organization;evolution of wikipedia;modeling wikipedian interactions;behavior of wikipedians;Wikipedia leadership dynamics;online community dynamics;commons-based peer production;social media analytics