[Air-L] Categorisation/taxonomy of online social systems?

[Matthew Allen]

Hi all

Since this issue is taxing (taxonomising?) me as well, I did a quick search and have found it hard to discern any explained or analytically developed taxonomies. As I reflect on whether it is actually possible to categorise 'online social systems' (which is itself a complex term), I am starting to think that there's more to be gained from focusing on categorising the affordances of computer-mediated interaction and then attempting to locate a particular application, system or environment within a pattern of affordances.

Perhaps the question, therefore is, what taxonomies or structured conceptual arrays of CMC affordances are there?

Matt

Associate Professor Matthew Allen
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Curtin University of Technology
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-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of NABETH Thierry
Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 6:18 AM
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Categorisation/taxonomy of online social systems?

Hello Sahat,

 

>> I did a similar study with virtual worlds using a faceted
classification approach.

 

What are the facets that you are using?

Are you using them to compare to other social platforms?

 

Indeed, what I am trying to understand the diversity of these platforms
(so as to understand why some of them work in some contexts and others
in other contexts).

 

 

Concerning Virtual Worlds, I came across recently an interesting paper:

 

Virtual worlds - past, present, and future: New directions in social
computing

Paul R. Messinger, Eleni Stroulia, Kelly Lyons, Michael Bone, Run H.
Niu,

Kristen Smirnov, Stephen Perelgut

Decision Support Systems 47 (2009) 204-228

 

Thierry

 

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From: Sarah Robbins [mailto:intellagirl at gmail.com] 
Sent: mardi 24 novembre 2009 19:51
To: NABETH Thierry
Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Categorisation/taxonomy of online social systems?

 

Thierry: I did a similar study with virtual worlds using a faceted
classification approach. Perhaps you could use the same method to do the
same? I'm happy to share resources if you're interested.

Sarah

 


Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins
PhD Candidate, Ball State University

Director of Emerging Technologies, Kelley Executive Partners at Indiana
University

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On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:38 PM, NABETH Thierry
<Thierry.NABETH at insead.edu> wrote:

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