Communication Processes in Participatory Websites

Research on participatory websites has been minimally theoretical and lacks a comprehensive framework that identifies common elements and their functions across a variety of Web 2.0 platforms. This article suggests the definitions of 4 common message types in participatory websites—proprietor conten...

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Published inJournal of computer-mediated communication Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 2 - 15
Main Authors Walther, Joseph B., Jang, Jeong-woo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2012
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communication
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Messages
participatory websites
Platforms
Representations
user ratings
User-generated content
Web 2.0
Websites
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Summary:Research on participatory websites has been minimally theoretical and lacks a comprehensive framework that identifies common elements and their functions across a variety of Web 2.0 platforms. This article suggests the definitions of 4 common message types in participatory websites—proprietor content, user‐generated content, deliberate aggregate user representations, and incidental aggregate user representations—and offers research exemplars that illustrate how they may function in transforming online social interaction and influence. It introduces the 6 empirical studies in this Special Issue of the Journal of Computer‐Mediated Communication in terms of the theories, functions, cues, and message types on which these articles focus.
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ISSN:1083-6101
1083-6101
DOI:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2012.01592.x