scholarly journals Online and Offline Communities in the Sharing Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taneli Vaskelainen ◽  
Laura Piscicelli
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Platform Design

The online community is crucial to sharing economy platforms because without it, no transactions can take place. Online communities have been studied extensively, but so far, little attention has been paid to how they link to different offline communities, such as geographic (e.g., neighborhoods) and relational communities (e.g., friends and colleagues). In this study, we address this gap by examining the importance of communities to the users and the entrepreneurs of the goods-sharing platform Ecomodo. We conduct a qualitative content analysis of archival and interview data to uncover the importance of different communities and the relationships among them. We discover that the platform design aimed to facilitate lending and borrowing in relational communities. However, geographic communities were more important to the users since most of them joined the platform to be acquainted with their neighbors. We also find that the platform entrepreneurs underestimated the behavioral changes needed to use the platform. The producers were not used to asking for money to lend their possessions, and it was difficult to teach consumers to borrow instead of buying. We use these findings to offer recommendations to practitioners and discuss some avenues for further research.

scholarly journals Developing Online Communities for Librarian Researchers: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 512
Author(s):  
Lili Luo ◽  
Marie Kennedy ◽  
Kristine Brancolini ◽  
Michael Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Conference Attendance

This study examines the role of online communities in connecting and supporting librarian researchers, through the analysis of member activities in the online community for academic librarians that attended the 2014 Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL). The 2014 IRDL cohort members participated in the online community via Twitter and a Facebook group page. A content analysis of their posts and an online survey among them identified different patterns of engagement and four primary types of content—posts related to completing the IRDL research project required for each cohort member, announcements about research-related resources and opportunities, posts reminiscing about the IRDL experience, and arrangements of conference attendance and meetups. Implications for successfully designing online communities for librarian researchers are discussed.

scholarly journals The Twitter Narrative: An Essential Perspective for Comparative Analyses on Emerging Tobacco Products (Preprint)

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Danielle Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Online Forums ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Comparative Analyses

BACKGROUND In a recently published article, Chen and colleagues compared online discussions about electronic cigarettes and hookah use amongst different Internet communities [1]. With great interest, I found the Chen et al. article to provide insightful and novel findings in regards to understanding the variances in tobacco use behaviors amongst the online forums included in the study. OBJECTIVE In their limitations, Chen et al. recognized that the use of three websites –Vapor Talk, Hookah Forum, and Reddit – was not extensive nor inclusive of the various online communities that exist for tobacco products. The authors’ rationale for selecting the three websites was to assess similarities and differences between different types of online communities. However, it would have provided an interesting perspective to include Twitter discussions about hookah and electronic cigarette use because Twitter is a diverse online community in itself. METHODS Young adults, urban residents, Hispanics, and African Americans are overrepresented populations on Twitter in comparison to the general population [2]. These groups of people are typically overrepresented in vulnerable populations, as well. Therefore, including Twitter data in this comparative study could have captured significant information on tobacco use behaviors of hard-to-reach and underserved populations. RESULTS To my knowledge, there has been no previous research that has comparatively analyzed online communities for experiences with emerging tobacco products, such as electronic cigarettes and hookah. Although several studies have conducted content analyses of Twitter discussions about hookah and electronic cigarettes [3-5], there are no studies comparing Twitter to other online communities. Future work should include Twitter in such comparative analyses in order to provide further outlooks on how tobacco use behaviors of Twitter subscribers are identical and different from users of other online forums, which can then inform and tailor health education interventions based on the particular online community. CONCLUSIONS References 1. Chen, AT, Zhu, SH, Conway, M. What online communities can tell us about electronic cigarettes and hookah use: A study using text mining and visualization techniques. J Med Internet Res 2015;17(9):e220. PMID:26420469. 2. Mislove, A, Lehmann, S, Ahn, Y, Onnela, J, Rosenquist, JN. Understanding the demographics of Twitter users. Proceedings of the Fifth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media; 2011 July 17-21; Barcelona, Spain. 2011. 3. Myslín M, Zhu S, Chapman W, Conway M. Using Twitter to examine smoking behavior and perceptions of emerging tobacco products. J Med Internet Res 2013;15(8):e174. doi:10.2196/jmir.2534. 4. Krauss, MJ, et al. (2015). Hookah-related Twitter chatter: A content analysis. Prev Chronic Dis 2015;12:e121. PMID:26226068. 5. Cole-Lewis, H, et al. (2015). Social listening: A content analysis of e-cigarette discussions on Twitter. J Med Internet Res 2015;17(10):e243. PMID:26508089.

Children's Birthday Celebrations From the Lived Experiences of Low-Income Rural Mothers

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaerim Lee ◽  
Mary Jo Katras ◽  
Jean W. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Rural Families ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Rural Mothers

This exploratory study investigates how low-income rural families celebrate children's birthdays, using interview data from 128 mothers residing in five states. Findings from a qualitative content analysis show that the mothers make special efforts to have birthday celebrations as other families do despite their financial constraints. Making the birthday child feel happy and “normal” is the central goal of the birthday celebrations. Many of the mothers desire big parties and expensive gifts, which are socially expected characteristics of birthday celebrations. These mothers adopt various strategies to acquire, create, and allocate resources they need, including reducing expenditures, planning, changing priorities, pooling resources, and receiving assistance from their social networks. However, some mothers cannot celebrate birthdays the way they want because of financial constraints and may feel unsatisfied with their celebrations.

scholarly journals Russian Youth Forums: Sites of Managed Youth Empowerment

Young ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 110330882199093
Author(s):  
Kristiina Silvan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Summer Camps ◽  
Youth Empowerment ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
The Government

In the 2010s Russia, government-organized local, regional and national youth forums have become major sites for state-youth interaction. These typically weeklong summer camps are organized across Russia, attracting up to one million participants annually. Although the forums have diverse foci, they are all formal platforms of youth participation, aimed at young people engaging in ‘compliant’ forms of activism. Drawing from qualitative content analysis of official reports and media accounts combined with participant observation and interview data, this article analyses the forums as a case of youth policy in an authoritarian political setting. It finds that the government treats youth as a ‘problematic resource’. Moreover, while the forums’ agenda is defined by the policymakers, young people acquire and apply agency to navigate and negotiate the official agenda and re-signify it to respond to their interests. This process, it is argued, has an empowering effect regardless of the constraining authoritarian setting.

scholarly journals The Populism of Online Communities: Constructing the Boundary Between “Blameless” People and “Culpable” Others

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hameleers
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Network ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Ordinary Citizens

Abstract Populism has become prevalent all across the globe. To date, however, we know too little about the ways in which populist discourse is constructed by citizens on social media. To advance the field, this study draws on a qualitative content analysis of Facebook posts by ordinary citizens in the Netherlands. The results indicate that Facebook offers a discursive opportunity structure for Dutch citizens to vent their populist discontent and to interact with like-minded others. Online populist discourse on Facebook is hostile and uncivil, predominately targeted at the elites and marginalized groups in society. By providing insights into how ordinary citizens construct the boundary between “us” and “them,” this article enhances our understanding of the construction of citizens’ populist discourse on social network sites (SNSs), and how these expressions contradict the principles of democratic communication.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Perspective on Wise Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Edgar Petrinko
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Structured Interviews

Abstract The aim of the research was to probe into the teachers’ notion of wisdom and the teachers’ wisdom itself. The study used a phenomenological approach where the experience of teachers was studied by using semi-structured interviews. The interview data were analysed using the qualitative content analysis complemented by some elements of quantification for visualization of a more holistic picture. The phenomenon of wisdom is described on the basis of teachers’ values and experience. According to the teachers, wisdom comprises several aspects and is viewed as a dynamic process. The conclusions reflect the integrity of the phenomenon of wisdom, as well as the importance and prospects of further study of wisdom for its use in the work of teachers.

A Qualitative Content Analysis of Gender Transitions in the Workplace

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie E. Brewster ◽  
Esther N. Tebbe ◽  
Brandon L. Velez
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis
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