Exploring infrastructure assemblage in volunteer virtual organizations

Authors:
Alyson Young;David Gurzick;Wayne Lutters;Caroline Dombrowski;Jeffrey Kim
Affiliations:
UMBC, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, USA;UMBC, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA;University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Venue:
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

This ongoing research project investigates ad-hoc infrastructure development in volunteer virtual organizations (VVOs). A comparative analysis of the tool appropriation of VVO activity among alternate reality game (ARG) players in three cities yielded insight for future research into underlying principles of infrastructure assemblage, types of ad-hoc resource provisioning, and potential means of design support.