Is social capital associated with reliability of information in online communities?
The proliferation of online forums has expanded the potential of sharing of ideas, disseminating information and cultivation of social capital. While most scholars choose to focus and debate over the existence, creation of and plainly list the values that social capital creates, this research paper...
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| author | Cheong, Fiona Wei Zhi Teo, John Cheng Siang Zhang, Ronson Lihong |
| author2 | Wong, Sze Sze |
| author_facet | Wong, Sze Sze Cheong, Fiona Wei Zhi Teo, John Cheng Siang Zhang, Ronson Lihong |
| author_sort | Cheong, Fiona Wei Zhi |
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| description | The proliferation of online forums has expanded the potential of sharing of ideas, disseminating information and cultivation of social capital. While most scholars choose to focus and debate over the existence, creation of and plainly list the values that social capital creates, this research paper addresses the gap between the nature of social capital and the type of value it creates. We undertake an exploratory case study approach to investigate whether social capital leads to the creation of reliable information. In addition some of the concerns in the creation and circulation of information particularly in online forums are also discussed. To provide an industry-specific practical discussion, the researchers have chosen to focus on the watch industry. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/105012023-05-19T05:44:58Z Is social capital associated with reliability of information in online communities? Cheong, Fiona Wei Zhi Teo, John Cheng Siang Zhang, Ronson Lihong Wong, Sze Sze Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::General::Social aspects The proliferation of online forums has expanded the potential of sharing of ideas, disseminating information and cultivation of social capital. While most scholars choose to focus and debate over the existence, creation of and plainly list the values that social capital creates, this research paper addresses the gap between the nature of social capital and the type of value it creates. We undertake an exploratory case study approach to investigate whether social capital leads to the creation of reliable information. In addition some of the concerns in the creation and circulation of information particularly in online forums are also discussed. To provide an industry-specific practical discussion, the researchers have chosen to focus on the watch industry. 2008-09-24T07:44:19Z 2008-09-24T07:44:19Z 2007 2007 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10501 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Business::General::Social aspects Cheong, Fiona Wei Zhi Teo, John Cheng Siang Zhang, Ronson Lihong Is social capital associated with reliability of information in online communities? |
| title | Is social capital associated with reliability of information in online communities? |
| title_full | Is social capital associated with reliability of information in online communities? |
| title_fullStr | Is social capital associated with reliability of information in online communities? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is social capital associated with reliability of information in online communities? |
| title_short | Is social capital associated with reliability of information in online communities? |
| title_sort | is social capital associated with reliability of information in online communities |
| topic | DRNTU::Business::General::Social aspects |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10501 |
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