Community-Building with Web-Based Systems - Investigating a Hybrid Community of Students

@article{citeulike:310659, abstract = {This paper examines WiInf-Central, the virtual homeplace of a student community (on Information Systems) at the University of Hamburg, and focuses on processes of social identity and community-building. Drawing on social-identity theory and communities of practice as our theoretical basis, we illustrate that the processes of identity-building and positive in-group evaluation triggered by WiInf-Central serve as a means for students of Information Systems to assert themselves against faculty members and students of other disciplines. While our study reveals strong mechanisms of social exclusion, inclusion mechanisms have to be assessed in a more differentiated way. In particular, our study shows the emergence of several subgroups, which appear largely closed to other community members. We ascribe this to both the self-organized and the hybrid – half virtual, half real – nature of the community based on WiInf-Central.}, author = {Rohde, Markus and Reinecke, Leonard and Pape, Bernd and Janneck, Monique }, citeulike-article-id = {310659}, doi = {10.1007/s10606-004-5066-4}, journal = {Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)}, keywords = {community, cops, cscw, qualitative}, month = {December}, number = {5 - 6}, pages = {471--499}, posted-at = {2005-09-02 04:36:36}, priority = {2}, title = {Community-Building with Web-Based Systems - Investigating a Hybrid Community of Students}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-004-5066-4}, volume = {13}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:310659 L3 - citeulike-article-id:310659 TI - Community-Building with Web-Based Systems - Investigating a Hybrid Community of Students JF - Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) VL - 13 IS - 5 - 6 SP - 471 EP - 499 N2 - This paper examines WiInf-Central, the virtual homeplace of a student community (on Information Systems) at the University of Hamburg, and focuses on processes of social identity and community-building. Drawing on social-identity theory and communities of practice as our theoretical basis, we illustrate that the processes of identity-building and positive in-group evaluation triggered by WiInf-Central serve as a means for students of Information Systems to assert themselves against faculty members and students of other disciplines. While our study reveals strong mechanisms of social exclusion, inclusion mechanisms have to be assessed in a more differentiated way. In particular, our study shows the emergence of several subgroups, which appear largely closed to other community members. We ascribe this to both the self-organized and the hybrid – half virtual, half real – nature of the community based on WiInf-Central. KW - community KW - cops KW - cscw KW - qualitative AU - Rohde, Markus AU - Reinecke, Leonard AU - Pape, Bernd AU - Janneck, Monique PY - 2004/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-004-5066-4 ER -