<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jiang Yang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mark S. Ackerman</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lada A. Adamic</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Virtual Gifts and Guanxi: Supporting Social Exchange in a Chinese Online Community</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer–Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW’11)</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chinese culture</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">gift</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">guanxi</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">inter-cultural studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">online community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reciprocity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social exchange</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social interactions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">virtual points</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">03/2011</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Complete</style></url></web-urls></urls><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Significant cultural differences persist between East and West. Software systems that have been proven to operate efficiently within one culture can fail in the context of the other, especially if they are intended to support rich social interactions. In this paper we demonstrate how a virtual currency system, not unlike ones employed by many US-based websites, evolved within a thriving Chinese online forum into an essential medium for extremely diverse and culturally specific social exchange activities. The social interactions reflect the traditional Chinese idea of &lt;em&gt;guanxi&lt;/em&gt;, or interpersonal influence and connectedness, while at the same time incorporating the norms of a new generation of Internet users.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eric Cook</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stephanie D. Teasley</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mark S. Ackerman</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Contribution, Commercialization &amp; Audience: Understanding Participation in an Online Creative Community</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACM Group 2009</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">amateurs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">audiences</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">commercialization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">community of practice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">creativity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">learning</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">online communities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">online community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">professionals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social computing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">user-generated content</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Complete</style></url></web-urls></urls><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;This paper presents a qualitative study of attitudes towards participation and contribution in an online creative community. The setting of the work is an online community of practice focused on the use and development of a user-customizable music software package called Reaktor. Findings from the study highlight four emergent topics in the discourse related to user contributions to the community: contribution assessment, support for learning, perceptions of audience and tensions about commercialization. Our analysis of these topics frames discussion about the value and challenges of attending to amateur and professional users in online creative communities.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lutters, Wayne G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ackerman, Mark S</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Joining the backstage: locality and centrality in an online community</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information Technology &amp; People</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">dialup</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e-community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">fan community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">geographically co-located community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">online community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">virtual community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">webboard</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Complete</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">16</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">157–182</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The design of viable, small‐scale community spaces on the Net is often a hit‐or‐miss affair. To better understand promising approaches in this design space, it is necessary to go back in time to examine an earlier community technology. A field study is presented of The Castle, a dial‐up bulletin board system, that focuses on Disneyland. As a “gathering place for Disney enthusiasts”, The Castle is a fascinating, albeit eccentric, online community. The Castle&#039;s centrality in the fans’ interest network allows it to function as a collecting point. Here people find similar enthusiasts and even those with insider knowledge. Yet, because of the cost structure of dial‐up access (an accidental side‐effect of the technology), participants are overwhelmingly geographically local, which has useful consequences for social maintenance. It is argued that the geographical locality and centrality of interest allow The Castle to thrive. Most importantly, however, the combination of the two together creates a powerful social dynamic which has been lost in most contemporary online communities.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>