Little research focuses on lurking in the online environment or considers lurking as a valid
and important form of online behavior. This may be due to the fact that there are a number of …

Hundreds of scholarly studies have investigated various aspects of Wikipedia. Although a
number of literature reviews have provided overviews of this vast body of research, none …

Social media penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms
define daily habits of communication and creative production. This book studies the rise of …

Experts describe the latest research in a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field, the study of
groups of individuals acting collectively in ways that seem intelligent. Intelligence does not …

Motivated by work that characterizes view-based social media practices as “passive use,”
contrasting it with more desirable, interactive “active use,” this study explores how social …

Wikipedia has mobilized a collective of millions to produce an enormous, high-quality
encyclopedia without traditional hierarchical organization or financial incentives. More than …

Menopause is a major life change affecting roughly half of the population, resulting in
physiological, emotional, and social changes. To understand experiences with menopause …

Many benefits of online communities---such as obtaining new information, opportunities, and
social connections---increase with size. Thus, a" successful''online community often evokes …

HCI is focused on improving the interactions we have with technology and innovating new
types of interactions, as well as expanding the types of people for whom those interactions …

Trauma is a common experience affecting over 70 percent of adults globally, with many
survivors seeking support from online communities. Yet few studies explore the online …