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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. | 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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* [[CommunityData:Exposure and Participation Processes | Exposure and Participation Processes in Online Communities]] | * [[CommunityData:Exposure and Participation Processes | Exposure and Participation Processes in Online Communities]] | ||
* [[CommunityData:Participation Pathways | Participation Pathways]] | * [[CommunityData:Participation Pathways | Participation Pathways]] | ||
== People == | |||
* Jeremy Foote (Purdue University) | |||
* Benjamin Mako Hill [PI] | |||
* Soyeon Hwang (Northwestern) | |||
* Charles Kiene (UW) | |||
* Aaron Shaw (Northwestern) [PI] | |||
* Nathan TeBlunthuis (UW) | |||
Biographies of everyone working on the award on the [[People]] page in this wiki | |||
== Funding and Disclaimer == | == Funding and Disclaimer == | ||
Revision as of 00:35, 1 August 2020
This page documents work related to the NSF Cyber-Human Systems grant Modeling the Ecological Dynamics of Online Organizations (official link), (project description / proposal).
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.
Links and Resources
- Project description and references from NSF application
- Software git repository
- Project management (Internal)
Pages Research In Progress
People
- Jeremy Foote (Purdue University)
- Benjamin Mako Hill [PI]
- Soyeon Hwang (Northwestern)
- Charles Kiene (UW)
- Aaron Shaw (Northwestern) [PI]
- Nathan TeBlunthuis (UW)
Biographies of everyone working on the award on the People page in this wiki
Funding and Disclaimer
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number IIS-1908850.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
