Emerging Leaderships in an Online Community: A Longitudinal Network Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Joyce
dc.contributor.authorYang, Chin-Sheng
dc.contributor.authorHsu, Carol
dc.contributor.authorWang, Jhong-Heng
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-28T00:56:19Z
dc.date.available2017-12-28T00:56:19Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-03
dc.description.abstractOnline communities have brought great benefits to society; however, relatively few of them are successful in sustaining community activities. It is necessary to have a better understanding of the contextual development of online communities. This study adopts the theory of networked influence to address the research objective. Data is collected from an online community which has been in operation for ten years. We investigate the community’s sustainability on a longitudinal basis, focusing on its dynamic temporal development, with regard to how it was formed, became robust, and either declined or was sustained. Adopting social network analysis with a qualitative approach, we identify several types of emerging leaders and how the "relay events" between them had a significant impact on communication prolongation. Their influence is found to extend across discussion entities, resulting in communication homogeneity, and leading to significant network effects that are relevant to participants’ interactions.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2018.252
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-1-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/50139
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 51st 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.subjectNetwork Analysis of Digital and Social Media
dc.subjectOnline community, networked influence, online discussion forum, social network analysis, content analysis
dc.titleEmerging Leaderships in an Online Community: A Longitudinal Network Analysis
dc.typeConference Paper
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