Scientific Foundations: A Case for Technology- Mediated Social- Participation Theory

  • Authors:
  • Robert Kraut;Mary Lou Maher;Judith Olson;Thomas W. Malone;Peter Pirolli;John C. Thomas

  • Affiliations:
  • Carnegie Mellon University;US National Science Foundation;University of California, Irvine;Massachusetts Institute of Technology;Palo Alto Research Center;IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Technology-mediated social-participation systems, such as Wikipedia and TopCoder, allow a vast user base to collaborate to solve difficult problems. TMSP could be applied to many current social issues, but doing so requires new theory and infrastructure for social design.