The increasingly prevalent use of Internet in schools and homes has resulted in
asynchronous online discussion becoming an increasingly common means to facilitate …

Little research focuses on lurking in the online environment or considers lurking as a valid
and important form of online behavior. This may be due to the fact that there are a number of …

Times change. Early in the 21st century, calls to bridge the digital divide were dismissed by
people who saw internet access as a luxury. Two decades later, it is tough to find a policy …

Social media treats all users the same: trusted friend or total stranger, with little or nothing in
between. In reality, relationships fall everywhere along this spectrum, a topic social science …

A variety of information technology (IT) artifacts, such as those supporting reputation
management and digital archives of past interactions, are commonly deployed to support …

We study how an individual's exposure to external information regulates the evaluation of
entrepreneurial opportunities and entrepreneurial action. Combining data from interviews, a …

Little attention has focused so far on evaluating the success of online communities. This
paper begins to identify some key determinants of sociability and usability that help to …

Online spaces that enable shared public interpersonal communications are of significant
social, organizational, and economic importance. In this paper, a theoretical model and …

Despite the growing popularity of virtual communities, there is no consensus among
researchers regarding the appropriate definition or types of virtual communities. In this …

With the growth in sociality and interaction around online news media, news sites are
increasingly becoming places for communities to discuss and address common issues …