<?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;
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