De-lurking in virtual communities: a social communication network approach to measuring the effects of social and cultural capital

By Sheizaf Rafaeli, Gilad Ravid, Vladimir Soroka. 2004

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Subfields: Communication, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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Averaging Gone Wrong: Using Time-Aware Analyses to Better Understand Behavior (2016, background): “Most users in social networks are known to be lurkers: seeking information and observing, rather than contributing content [44,54].”
Information Overload and the Message Dynamics of Online Interaction Spaces: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Exploration (2004, background): “This can be achieved by the recognition of virtual public discourse that is produced by members who are free to vocally participate, lurk, or unsubscribe as the output of a complex social system (Jones and Rafaeli 2000a; Rafaeli et al. 2004).”
Characterizing Silent Users in Social Media Communities (2015, result): “Similar ﬁndings of de-lurking behavior were also reported in other works (Preece and Shnei-derman 2009; Rafaeli, Ravid, and Soroka 2004).”
Online forum discussion interactions as an indicator of student community (2006, methodology): “Rovai (2002b) developed and validated the Classroom Community Scale (CCS) to quantitatively measure the degree of student sense of community.”
Non-public and public online community participation: Needs, attitudes and behavior (2006, background): “Lurkers have valuable contributions to make [8] that would enrich the community, but perhaps, there are barriers that reinforce this reluctance.”
Motivations to participate in online communities (2010, background): “In the same vein, Rafaeli et al. [26] reported that familiarity with the online community and persistent involvement contributed to eventual active participation.”
Interpreting informational cues: An explorative study on information use among prospective homebuyers (2009, unknown): “This communication pattern mirrors that in listservs and wikis, where a small number of members are very active and the majority are lurkers ( Rafaeli, Ravid, & Soroka, 2004 ).”
Help me, I'm fat! Social support in online weight loss networks (2011, methodology): “Lurking behaviour, wherein people browse websites in a read-only mode, usually occurs because people want to learn about a community or topic, or want to gain a sense of belonging (Rafaeli et al., 2004).”
Understanding user participation in online communities: A systematic literature review of empirical studies (2015, background): “Lurking has been found typical among newcomers, as it can serve as a good way to get to know the community and its rules, although the chances of de-lurking decrease with time (Rafaeli et al., 2004; Soroka, 2006).”