TY - GEN
T1 - Virtual play and communities
T2 - 2012 iConference: Culture, Design, Society, iConference 2012
AU - Novak, Alison N.
AU - Mascaro, Christopher M.
AU - Goggins, Sean P.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this study we focus on the development of jargon within an online community dedicated to a national adult recreational sports league. The complete dataset incorporates 336,642 discussion forum posts contained within 9,559 discussion threads over the course of four years. We analyze one cross cutting discussion dedicated to the development of the community's lexicon, in order to establish a baseline of community jargon to be applied in later analysis of the other forums. This discussion, titled "the code", contains 249 comments made by 44 individuals. Our methods marry social network analysis with identification of individual, task and maintenance roles, to examine the roles of actors in establishing and contributing to the adoption of the set of jargon. Our findings build an understanding how individuals construct a shared language in a virtual space that is used in both the discussion forum and in physical interactions.
AB - In this study we focus on the development of jargon within an online community dedicated to a national adult recreational sports league. The complete dataset incorporates 336,642 discussion forum posts contained within 9,559 discussion threads over the course of four years. We analyze one cross cutting discussion dedicated to the development of the community's lexicon, in order to establish a baseline of community jargon to be applied in later analysis of the other forums. This discussion, titled "the code", contains 249 comments made by 44 individuals. Our methods marry social network analysis with identification of individual, task and maintenance roles, to examine the roles of actors in establishing and contributing to the adoption of the set of jargon. Our findings build an understanding how individuals construct a shared language in a virtual space that is used in both the discussion forum and in physical interactions.
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U2 - 10.1145/2132176.2132260
DO - 10.1145/2132176.2132260
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857683488
SN - 9781450307826
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 490
EP - 491
BT - Proceedings of the 2012 iConference
Y2 - 7 February 2012 through 10 February 2012
ER -