Κοινωνικά/ψυχολογικά κίνητρα για συμμετοχή/συνεργασία σε εικονικές κοινότητες

Postgraduate Thesis uoadl:1318162 503 Read counter

Unit:
Κατεύθυνση / ειδίκευση Δικτύωση Υπολογιστών (ΔΙΚ)
Library of the School of Science
Deposit date:
2014-05-16
Year:
2014
Author:
Λιακοπούλου Μάρθα
Supervisors info:
Σταυρακάκης Ιωάννης Καθηγητής (Επιβλέπων), Κοκολάκη Ευαγγελία Υποψήφια Διδάκτωρ
Original Title:
Κοινωνικά/ψυχολογικά κίνητρα για συμμετοχή/συνεργασία σε εικονικές κοινότητες
Languages:
English
Translated title:
Social Psychological Incentives for Collaboration in Virtual Communities
Summary:
Virtual communities are online social networks of individuals that enable
interaction through social networking sites, wikis, open-source software, Q&A
sites, internet peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks and Collective
Awareness Platforms (CAPs) in order to pursue both social and mutual individual
goals. These systems deliver a utility that depends on the participants' number
and behaviors. Thus, the challenge for system designers is to engage people
into mechanisms of active contribution and collaboration. In this thesis, we
investigate different types of socio-psychological incentives that trigger
collaborative behaviors. We first review formal definitions of virtual
communities and related research that introduces criteria for classification of
various virtual community paradigms. Relative inputs from theories on the
broader context of collective action, public goods' management and social
dilemmas have also been accommodated. We then identify and discuss incentives
and social mechanisms that are activated in different types of virtual
communities, drawing insights and results from social psychology literature and
studies on online communities. Finally, we examine existing communities with
specific focus on the exposed mechanisms that can affect positively or
negatively people's behavior and, ultimately, impact on the community’s
delivered utility.
Keywords:
Incentives, Virtual communities, Social psychology, Collaboration, Game theory
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
52
Number of pages:
84
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