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Trust and community: Continued engagement in Second Life

Lin, Peyina; Karlova, Natascha; Marino, John; Eisenberg, Michael B.

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Title
Trust and community: Continued engagement in Second Life
Author(s)
  • Lin, Peyina
  • Karlova, Natascha
  • Marino, John
  • Eisenberg, Michael B.
Issue Date
2013-02
Keyword(s)
  • Virtual world
  • trust
  • community
  • social navigation
  • continued engagement
  • human-computer interaction
  • information behavior
  • social and community informatics
  • qualitative data analysis
Date of Ingest
2013-02-03T05:25:59Z
Abstract
3D social virtual worlds (VWs), like Second Life (SL), have potential as alternative modes for in-formation seeking and socialization. Yet, finding trustworthy social connections for expertise and social support can be challenging in Second Life (SL), a 3D social virtual world, where identi-ties are fluid. We explored how long-time SL users established and diffused trust within their communities by vetting each other as trusted information sources. By drawing on the relation-ship among trust, being highly sought after, social status, and continued engagement in SL, we identify challenges that VWs like SL face, and provide recommendations for social navigation systems to support continued engagement in social virtual worlds.
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iSchools
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Poster
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42093
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9776/13499
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Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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