Democratic Process in Online Crowds and Communities

This paper explores the underlying structures that support participation and reputation in online crowd and community-based peer productions. Building on writings on open source, peer production, participatory culture, and social networks, the paper describes crowd and community structures as two en...

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Main Author: Caroline Haythornthwaite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Danube-University Krems 2012-12-01
Series:JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government
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Online Access:https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/137