TY - JOUR
T1 - The key is not to forget to be awesome: identifying narratives in an online community
AU - Escobar, Mariana Leyton
AU - Kommers, Petrus A.M.
AU - Beldad, Ardion Daroca
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - As online communities emerge in different settings all over the web, they continue to develop different ways to communicate online and to encourage participation in their activities. Scholars have proposed that one of the ways in which these communities do so is through the use of narratives. A
case study was done on an open online community to establish if online communities develop narratives, what kind of narratives, and if these influence participation. This paper contains the analysis of the identifiable narratives that are useful to promote culture and participation and proposes three types of narratives that are more effective to do so. Implications of such findings and
proposed future research are discussed.
AB - As online communities emerge in different settings all over the web, they continue to develop different ways to communicate online and to encourage participation in their activities. Scholars have proposed that one of the ways in which these communities do so is through the use of narratives. A
case study was done on an open online community to establish if online communities develop narratives, what kind of narratives, and if these influence participation. This paper contains the analysis of the identifiable narratives that are useful to promote culture and participation and proposes three types of narratives that are more effective to do so. Implications of such findings and
proposed future research are discussed.
KW - IR-92014
KW - METIS-305407
U2 - 10.1504/IJWBC.2014.065396
DO - 10.1504/IJWBC.2014.065396
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 490
EP - 505
JO - International journal of web based communities
JF - International journal of web based communities
SN - 1477-8394
IS - 4
ER -