Through a Glass Darkly: Information Technology Design, Identity Verification, and Knowledge Contribution in Online Communities

By Meng Ma, Ritu Agarwal. Information systems research, 2007

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Subfields: Communication, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Exploring factors that influence knowledge sharing behavior via weblogs (2010, background): “Markus, M. L. (2001). Towards a theory of knowledge reuse: Types of knowledge reuse situations and factors in reuse success? Journal of Management Information Systems, 18(1), 57–93.”
Examining the Relationship Between Reviews and Sales: The Role of Reviewer Identity Disclosure in Electronic Markets (2008, methodology): “Shared geographical location H1A H1B H2 H3 H4 H5 Prevalence of reviewer disclosure of identity- descriptive information Bargh 1999, Ma and Agarwal 2007).”
Climate change and COP26: Are digital technologies and information management part of the problem or the solution? An editorial reflection and call to action (2022, background): “Mutual understanding among members (Ma & Agarwal, 2007) as well as group attachment and identification (Panteli & Sivunen, 2019; Ren, Kraut, & Kiesler, 2007) have been found to be crucial for OC success.”
Psychological Ownership Motivation and Use of Social Media (2015, positive): “…comments, “likes,” tweets, and experiences shared on one’s personal page can tell others who the individual is, what the individual does, and who or what the individual might become (Bryant and Akerman, 2009; Golder and Donath, 2004; Ma and Agarwal, 2007; Smith, Farnham, and Drucker, 2000).”
How credibility affects eWOM reading: The influences of expertise, trustworthiness, and similarity on utilitarian and social functions (2014, background): “Beyond the mere content provided, eWOM sources will likely appear more transparent and less anonymous if they provide profile information, such as their real names, location, and personal interests, rather than just nicknames or avatars (Ma and Agarwal 2007; Forman, Ghose, and Wiesenfeld 2008).”
Knowledge Collaboration in Online Communities (2011, background): “…on what drives individuals to participate and contribute in these open and virtual forums and secondarily on what psychological, social, and economic factors sustain these communities (Butler 2001, Butler et al. 2007, Ma and Agarwal 2007, Preece 2000, Ren et al. 2007, Wasko and Faraj 2000).”
Understanding sustained participation in transactional virtual communities (2012, background): “Social identity (Blanchard, 2008; Dholakia et al., 2004; Ma and Agarwal, 2007) Reciprocity (Chiu et al.”
Information Privacy Concerns: Linking Individual Perceptions with Institutional Privacy Assurances (2011, positive): “Similar to the cases in prior research (e.g., Ma & Agarwal, 2007), we chose PLS as the statistical technique because of the exploratory nature of this study in the early stage of theoretical development.”
Helpfulness of Online Consumer Reviews: Readers' Objectives and Review Cues (2012, background): “In an online community, the exposure of a user’s identity influences active participation in contributing one’s knowledge [37].”
The Needs-Affordances-Features Perspective for the Use of Social Media (2018, neutral): “These contents become part of the individual’s identity; they are symbols of the self and can tell others who the individual was, who the individual is, and who or what the individual might become (Golder and Donath 2004; Ma and Agarwal 2007; Smith et al. 2000).”