...Zhengbiao Han; Ziyue Yang; Huan Zhong; Preben Hansen Purpose This study aimed to uncover the themes and types of information shared among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in an online community and to elucidate the relationship between them. Design/methodology/approach...

... interactions were analyzed, including number of replies per post, post length and emerging network patterns. Findings Similarities in network topology shared by CIL fan forums and other online communities, such as small-world and scale properties, were discovered; however, distinct network dynamics were...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Online community Crowdfunding Social identity Signaling theory Collective action ERGM Online crowdfunding platforms have become symbiotic eco-systems where project creators provide ideas and funders...

...Haili Pan Purpose Many companies strengthen their interaction with consumers by establishing online communities and bring convenience to value co-creation with consumers. Some companies use economic and social strategies to stimulate consumer value creation. However, the way to increase...

...Iris Xie; Jennifer A. Stevenson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the types of roles that Twitter played in digital libraries (DLs) and their relationships in building DL online communities. Design/methodology/approach A mixed method analysis of DLs’ tweets was conducted...

...Gregor Petrič; Andraž Petrovčič Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how decisions of managers and administrators of online communities on norms and rules affect the sense of virtual community (SOVC), which is an important factor of the quality of online information. Design...

... of the influences on the development of relationship quality and the consequent impact on members' loyalty to online communities. Design/methodology/approach – To test the hypotheses the authors identified and selected four interest-based online communities in Taiwan. The online survey yielded 331 completed...

... it was found that normative pressure from outside the community exhibits a significant and inverted U‐shaped relationship with online community engagement, while within‐community normative pressure had a positive relationship with community engagement. No evidence was found to support the inverted U‐shaped...