Portraits of Participation: Exploring the Relationship between Social Motivators and Facets of Participation in a Twitter-based Community

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dc.contributor.authorGilbert, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-29T00:55:10Z
dc.date.available2016-12-29T00:55:10Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-04
dc.description.abstractTwitter is a platform where people can coalesce around a common interest, signaled by a hashtag, and form a community of practice. As with all online initiatives, questions remain about what motivates people to follow and contribute to communities, and why they participate in varying degrees. This paper explores social motivations for participation in the Twitter-based community of practice, #hcsmca (Healthcare Social Media Canada), formed in 2010 to discuss issues in healthcare within a Canadian context. Analysis of 24 semi-structured interviews identified three important social motivations: tapping into a social network of people with a common interest, developing personal and professional relationships, and the community ethos. Portraits of participation based on three facets of participation, length of time as a community member, depth of engagement in the community, and frequency of participation, were developed to describe community members’ motivations at varying levels of participation. \
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2017.277
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-0-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/41432
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 50th 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.subjectMotivation
dc.subjectOnline communities
dc.subjectParticipation
dc.subjectTwitter
dc.titlePortraits of Participation: Exploring the Relationship between Social Motivators and Facets of Participation in a Twitter-based Community
dc.typeConference Paper
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