Motivations to Participate in Online Communities

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作者：
Lampe, Cliff [1 ]
Wash, Rick [1 ]
Velasquez, Alcides [1 ]
Ozkaya, Elif [1 ]
机构：
[1] Michigan State Univ, Coll Commun Arts & Sci, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
来源：
CHI2010: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 28TH ANNUAL CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-4 | 2010年
关键词：
Online communities; lurkers; peripheral participation; motivation; MODEL;
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中图分类号：
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
A consistent theoretical and practical challenge in the design of socio-technical systems is that of motivating users to participate in and contribute to them. This study examines the case of Everything2.com users from the theoretical perspectives of Uses and Gratifications and Organizational Commitment to compare individual versus organizational motivations in user participation. We find evidence that users may continue to participate in a site for different reasons than those that led them to the site. Feelings of belonging to a site are important for both anonymous and registered users across different types of uses. Long-term users felt more dissatisfied with the site than anonymous users. Social and cognitive factors seem to be more important than issues of usability in predicting contribution to the site.
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页码：1927 / 1936
页数：10
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