Structural and behavioural models for social computing applications

Marie D. Fernando; Athula Ginige; Ana Hol

Structural and behavioural models for social computing applications

Marie D. Fernando, Athula Ginige, Ana Hol

Western Sydney University

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

Abstract

![CDATA[Social Computing, a new computing paradigm is causing transformational changes to societal and business processes resulting in new businesses models known as sharing economy, peer economy or collaborative consumption. Diffusion rates of these Social Computing applications have surpassed historical technological advancements and have reached millions and billions of users during a very short span of time. To understand this phenomenon we have analysed eight such popular applications using inductive content analysis techniques which have helped us derive a structural and a behavioural model for Social Computing. Using these two models we were able to get a deeper understanding of how an application designed to assist a particular communication pattern give rise to emergent characteristics within the user such as trust, empowerment, belongingness that motivate user to act to fulfil a need causing the growth of these applications. This understanding can guide the design of new successful Social Computing applications.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Papers from ACIS 2016, The 27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems: Occupying the Sweet Spot: IS at the Intersection, 5-7 December 2016, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, N.S.W.
Publisher	University of Wollongong
Number of pages	12
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Australasian Conference on Information Systems - Duration: 5 Dec 2016 → …

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Conference	Australasian Conference on Information Systems
Period	5/12/16 → …

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© 2016 Marie D Fernando_Athula Ginige_Ana Hol. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Australia License_which permits non-commercial use_distribution_and reproduction in any medium_provided the original author and ACIS are credited.

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business
online social networks
social computing
social media

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Fernando, MD, Ginige, A & Hol, A 2016, Structural and behavioural models for social computing applications. in Papers from ACIS 2016, The 27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems: Occupying the Sweet Spot: IS at the Intersection, 5-7 December 2016, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, N.S.W.. University of Wollongong, Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 5/12/16.

Structural and behavioural models for social computing applications. / Fernando, Marie D.; Ginige, Athula ; Hol, Ana.
Papers from ACIS 2016, The 27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems: Occupying the Sweet Spot: IS at the Intersection, 5-7 December 2016, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, N.S.W.. University of Wollongong, 2016.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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