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The medium ofintellectual exchange
The medium ofintellectual exchange
Historical Internet technologist use of online expert communities (1975-
2003)
Historical Internet technologist use of online expert communities (1975-
2003)
…or… nerds talking online.
…or… nerds talking online.
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THETOPICNETTHETOPICNET
How online expert communities have existed in the growth of the Internet.
How experts have used the Internet.Types of online community.Composite theoretical frameworksReceiver and Message
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ftp://ftp.significanceftp://ftp.significance
“Knowledge management”“Community of practice”EfficiencyDisciplines
SociologyCommunicationTechnologyNew framework
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<getting> … </online><getting> … </online>
1970s technology1972 - [email protected] - 70% email1975 - MsgGroup1976 - QEII1977 - THEORYNET
#include.self
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$community;$community;
Just a fadInformal learningInterest vs. disciplineEgo-centric data
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onLoad=“transformations”
onLoad=“transformations”
1978 - CBBS 1981 - CSNET 1984 - Hosts broke 1000 NETworks Critical Mass? 1986 - 241 Newsgroups 1989 - 5,000 to 100,000 hosts 1990
300,000 Hosts 1000 Newsgroups
1991 - WWW 1993 - MOSAIC
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commercial[investment]commercial[investment]
1996 -Browser warsRefinementWeb site format
TopicalNon-topicalNew bulletin-board
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0_cool says: behavior0_cool says: behavior
RolesAnswer peopleDisconnected clustersOnion patternNexus patternButterflyLurkFlame
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http://theoretical.framework
http://theoretical.framework
Diffusion of Innovations Theory
Uses and Gratification Theory
Media System Dependency Theory
The Social Information Process Model
information technology improvement
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the-future.oggthe-future.ogg
Where at the extreme nerds?Community of practiceModeration
FilteringModeration
Subscription
THE INTERNET
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(“quote”)(“quote”)
“The Internet was conceived in the era of time-sharing, but has survived into the era of personal computers, client/server and peer-to-peer computing, and the network computer.”
-The Past and Future History of the Internet
(the experts)
