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Gathering information in online communities: what is the key to success?
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 03:59 authored by Lueg, CWhen investigating information sharing activities in online travel communities we found that the benefit of querying topically related online communities as part of the search process may go well beyond the provision of up-to-date or "complete" information. In particular, we argue that one of the main benefits of approaching an online community for information is the resulting interactive process that helps the user clarify his or her information needs. Conceptualizing this process as mediated interaction rather than traditional information retrieval suggests to investigate further the specific characteristics of such processes and to explore ways to enable, sustain and support them.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of International Symposium for Information ScienceVolume
10Editors
A Obwald, M Stempfhuber, C Wolff (Hg.)Pagination
303-313ISBN
978-3-86764-020-6Department/School
School of Information and Communication TechnologyPublisher
UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbHPlace of publication
Konstanz, GermanyEvent title
ISI: Internationales Symposium for InformationswissenschaftEvent Venue
Cologne, GermanyDate of Event (Start Date)
2007-05-30Date of Event (End Date)
2007-06-01Rights statement
Copyright 2007 the AuthorsRepository Status
- Open