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This page documents work related to the NSF Cyber-Human Systems award '''Modeling the Ecological Dynamics of Online Organizations''' (IIS-1910202, IIS-1908850). The overarching goal of this work is to understand ''ecological dynamics'' between online communities. Our concept of ''ecological dynamics'' is taken from ecological science in biology and from research in organizational and community ecology in organizational sociology and communication. The grant proposal elaborates a series of quantitative projects that will by-and-large test whether general findings from biology and organizational studies will apply to online communities. But there are also lots of reasons (and some empirical results) that suggest that the story won't be so simple. So we're also interested in considering qualitative projects that will help us to anticipate and explain findings from the quantitative studies. This might mean understanding how relationships between related communities are experienced and mediated. | This page documents work related to the NSF Cyber-Human Systems award '''Modeling the Ecological Dynamics of Online Organizations''' (IIS-1910202, IIS-1908850). The overarching goal of this work is to understand ''ecological dynamics'' between online communities. Our concept of ''ecological dynamics'' is taken from ecological science in biology and from research in organizational and community ecology in organizational sociology and communication. The grant proposal elaborates a series of quantitative projects that will by-and-large test whether general findings from biology and organizational studies will apply to online communities. But there are also lots of reasons (and some empirical results) that suggest that the story won't be so simple. So we're also interested in considering qualitative projects that will help us to anticipate and explain findings from the quantitative studies. This might mean understanding how relationships between related communities are experienced and mediated. | ||
[[File:Harrypotter time series.svg|800px|center|thumb|Three time series of three different online communities that are all engaged in discussion of Harry Potter. It is clear that activity in all three is closely related and seems to be driven by things like releases of movies and books. Our work will seek to dynamics of these kinds of relationships in detail]] | |||
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