Editing Organizing and Governance in Online Communities (UW COM597 Winter 2025) (section)

=== Friday February 7: (New) Institutional Approaches ===

;Assignments:
* Complete and post your response to reading [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1808091/discussion_topics in the appropriate discussion forum] by 11:59pm on Thursday (see [[#Weekly Response Papers]])
* In [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1808091/discussion_topics the appropriate forum], ''briefly'' respond to at least two of your classmates and make sure to nominate at least two of their questions for group discussion by 12:00p (noon) on Friday (see [[#Weekly Response Papers]])
* Turn in your [[#Final Project Identification]] into the [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1808091/assignments appropriate Canvas dropbox]

;Required readings:
* North, Douglass C. 1991. “Institutions.” ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'' 5 (1): 97–112. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.5.1.97. {{avail-free|https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.5.1.97}}
* Meyer, John W., and Brian Rowan. 1977. “Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony.” ''American Journal of Sociology'' 83 (2): 340–63. {{avail-uw|https://www.jstor.org/stable/2778293}}
* DiMaggio, Paul J., and Walter W. Powell. 1983. “The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields.” ''American Sociological Review'' 48 (2): 147–60. https://doi.org/10.2307/2095101. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.2307/2095101}}
* Powell, Walter W., and Paul J. DiMaggio. 2012. “Introduction.” In ''The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis''. University of Chicago Press. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/files/130105152/download?download_frd=2}} {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/files/130105153/download?download_frd=1}} ''(The first file is searchable but pages 16 17 are very small. If you have trouble reading it, there's nonsearchable scanned copy at the second link.)''
* Hercheui, Magda David. 2011. “A Literature Review of Virtual Communities: The Relevance of Understanding the Influence of Institutions on Online Collectives.” ''Information, Communication & Society'' 14 (1): 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691181003663593. {{avail-uw|1=https://doi.org/10.1080/13691181003663593}}
* Caplan, Robyn, and danah boyd. 2018. “Isomorphism through Algorithms: Institutional Dependencies in the Case of Facebook.” ''Big Data & Society'' 5 (1): 2053951718757253. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951718757253. {{avail-free|https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951718757253}}
* Zhong, Qiankun, and Seth Frey. 2022. “Institutional Similarity Drives Cultural Similarity among Online Communities.” ''Scientific Reports'' 12 (1): 18982. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23223-8. {{avail-free|https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23223-8}}

;Optional readings:
* Stinchcombe, Arthur L. 1997. “On the Virtues of the Old Institutionalism.” ''Annual Review of Sociology'' 23 (Volume 23, 1997): 1–18. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.1}}.
* Powell, Walter W., and Paul J. DiMaggio. 2012. ''The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis''. University of Chicago Press. ''[Available from Mako by request]''
* Powell, Walter W., and Paul J. DiMaggio. 2023. “The Iron Cage Redux: Looking Back and Forward.” ''Organization Theory'' 4 (4): 26317877231221550. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1177/26317877231221550}}
* Georgiou, Andreas, and Daniel Arenas. 2023. “Community in Organizational Research: A Review and an Institutional Logics Perspective.” ''Organization Theory'' 4 (1): 26317877231153189. https://doi.org/10.1177/26317877231153189. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1177/26317877231153189}}
* North, Douglass C. 1990. ''Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance''. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511808678. ''[Available from Mako by request]''