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Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence-Based Social Design
Robert E. Kraut
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Description for Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence-Based Social Design
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 62 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 14. .
How insights from the social sciences, including social psychology and economics, can improve the design of online communities. Online communities are among the most popular destinations on the Internet, but not all online communities are equally successful. For every flourishing Facebook, there is a moribund Friendster-not to mention the scores of smaller social networking sites that never attracted enough members to be viable. This book offers lessons from theory and empirical research in the social sciences that can help improve the design of online communities. The authors draw on the literature in psychology, economics, ... Read more
How insights from the social sciences, including social psychology and economics, can improve the design of online communities. Online communities are among the most popular destinations on the Internet, but not all online communities are equally successful. For every flourishing Facebook, there is a moribund Friendster-not to mention the scores of smaller social networking sites that never attracted enough members to be viable. This book offers lessons from theory and empirical research in the social sciences that can help improve the design of online communities. The authors draw on the literature in psychology, economics, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262528917
SKU
V9780262528917
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About Robert E. Kraut
Robert E. Kraut is Herbert A. Simon Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. Paul Resnick is the Michael D Cohen Collegiate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan. Sara Kiesler is Professor of Human Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. She has been elected into the CHI Academy by The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group ... Read more
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