Latent Groups in Online Communities: a Longitudinal Study in Wikipedia

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dc.contributor.authorLanamäki, Arto
dc.contributor.authorLindman, Juho
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T13:06:16Z
dc.date.available2020-06-06T13:06:16Z
dc.date.issued43132
dc.description.abstractResearch on online communities has shown that content production involves manifest groups and latent users. This paper conceptualizes a related but distinct phenomenon of latent groups. We ground this contribution in a longitudinal study on the Finnish Wikipedia (2007–2014). In the case of experts working on content within their area of expertise, individuals can constitute a group that maintains itself over time. In such a setting, it becomes viable to view the group as an acting unit instead of as individual nodes in a network. Such groups are able to sustain their activities even over periods of inactivity. Our theoretical contribution is the conceptualization of latent groups, which includes two conditions: 1) a group is capable of reforming after inactivity (i.e., dormant ), and 2) a group is difficult to observe to an outsider (i.e., non-manifest ).de
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10606-017-9295-8
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-017-9295-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3778
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 27, No. 1
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectLatency
dc.subjectLatent group
dc.subjectLongitudinal
dc.subjectOnline community
dc.subjectWikipedia
dc.titleLatent Groups in Online Communities: a Longitudinal Study in Wikipediade
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.citation.endPage106
gi.citation.startPage77

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