Producing Generative Digital Data Objects: An Empirical Study on COVID-19 Data Flows in Online Communities

dc.contributor.authorBlotenberg, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorKari, Arthur
dc.contributor.authorKral, Björn
dc.contributor.authorNuernberger, Philipp
dc.contributor.authorRothe, Hannes
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-24T18:21:25Z
dc.date.available2021-12-24T18:21:25Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-04
dc.description.abstractDigital data objects on viruses have played a pivotal role in the fight against COVID-19, leading to healthcare innovation such as new diagnostics, vaccines, and societal intervention strategies. To effectively achieve this, scientists access viral data from online communities (OCs). The social-interactionist view on generativity, however, has put little emphasis on data. We argue that generativity on data depends on the number of data instances, data timeliness, and completeness of data classes. We integrated and analyzed eight OCs containing SARS-CoV-2 nucleotide sequences to explore how community structures influence generativity, revealing considerable differences between OCs. By assessing provided data classes from user perspectives, we found that generativity was limited in two important ways: When required data classes were either insufficiently collected or not made available by OC providers. Our findings highlight that OC providers control generativity of data objects and provide guidance for scientists selecting OCs for their research.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2022.814
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-5-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/80154
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectManaging the Dynamics of Platforms and Ecosystems
dc.subjectbio data ecosystems
dc.subjectgenerativity
dc.subjectopen data innovation
dc.subjectsars-cov-2 nucleotide sequences
dc.subjectscientific online communities
dc.titleProducing Generative Digital Data Objects: An Empirical Study on COVID-19 Data Flows in Online Communities
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