Scientific Foundations: A Case for Technology- Mediated Social- Participation Theory

Technology-mediated social-participation systems, such as Wikipedia and TopCoder, allow a vast user base to collaborate to solve difficult problems. TMSP could be applied to many current social issues, but doing so requires new theory and infrastructure for social design.

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Main Authors: Kraut, Robert (Author), Maher, Mary Lou (Author), Olson, Judith (Author), Malone, Thomas W. (Contributor), Pirolli, Peter (Author), Thomas, John C. (Author)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE Computer Society, 2012-05-16T19:14:41Z.
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Summary:Technology-mediated social-participation systems, such as Wikipedia and TopCoder, allow a vast user base to collaborate to solve difficult problems. TMSP could be applied to many current social issues, but doing so requires new theory and infrastructure for social design.