The launch of a new research unit to study social services in the network society. The research unit is a joint venture between the Glasgow School of Social Work and the Institute for Research & Innovation in Social Services. The presentation includes reference to a bid for funds from the Institute for Advanced Studies
This document provides information about a workshop on international collaboration, technology transfer, and minority business opportunities. The workshop goals are to bring together practitioners from Taiwan and the U.S. in technology transfer to discuss partnerships between research institutions and industry. The workshop will be a hands-on discussion for approximately 30 people and will explore topics like best practices in industry/research partnerships and negotiating alliances through a series of roundtable discussions led by experts.
This document discusses how collective intelligence and socialization have shaped the internet. It provides Wikipedia as an example of collective intelligence through the contributions of millions of users creating and editing articles. Another example mentioned is the use of tags or "tag clouds" on websites. The document also discusses how social media and networking sites like Facebook have helped socialize the internet by mapping social connections and empowering social concepts. It notes that socialization of the web is now a confirmed trend, with mobile computing and social media forming an interconnected ecosystem.
The document summarizes a project exploring how online tools are used for political communication and issue analysis. The project examines how users discover and understand political issues like health, economy, and environment. Through workshops, interviews, and analysis, the project aims to provide design recommendations and prototypes for a Political Issue Analysis System. The system would explore evolving online political tools, examine deliberative processes among stakeholders, and test and refine recommendations for analyzing political issues.
LOCATION! is a multi-disciplinary approach to securing community consent for local development projects through strategic communications and stakeholder engagement. It involves researching community demographics, mapping stakeholders, assessing needs, consultation processes, and building coalitions to gain approval. The program aims to establish trust at different levels through upfront and ongoing investment in the community. It can be applied at various stages of a project from site selection to closure.
A conference paper co-written with Nigel Jackson (Plymouth), key questions asked were how parties use Web 2.0 and whether they embrace or adapt the technologies. Talked of the emergence of the political strategists' creation of Web 1.5, partial use of the tools but no real interaction.
The launch of a new research unit to study social services in the network society. The research unit is a joint venture between the Glasgow School of Social Work and the Institute for Research & Innovation in Social Services. The presentation includes reference to a bid for funds from the Institute for Advanced Studies
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This document discusses how collective intelligence and socialization have shaped the internet. It provides Wikipedia as an example of collective intelligence through the contributions of millions of users creating and editing articles. Another example mentioned is the use of tags or "tag clouds" on websites. The document also discusses how social media and networking sites like Facebook have helped socialize the internet by mapping social connections and empowering social concepts. It notes that socialization of the web is now a confirmed trend, with mobile computing and social media forming an interconnected ecosystem.
The document summarizes a project exploring how online tools are used for political communication and issue analysis. The project examines how users discover and understand political issues like health, economy, and environment. Through workshops, interviews, and analysis, the project aims to provide design recommendations and prototypes for a Political Issue Analysis System. The system would explore evolving online political tools, examine deliberative processes among stakeholders, and test and refine recommendations for analyzing political issues.
LOCATION! is a multi-disciplinary approach to securing community consent for local development projects through strategic communications and stakeholder engagement. It involves researching community demographics, mapping stakeholders, assessing needs, consultation processes, and building coalitions to gain approval. The program aims to establish trust at different levels through upfront and ongoing investment in the community. It can be applied at various stages of a project from site selection to closure.
A conference paper co-written with Nigel Jackson (Plymouth), key questions asked were how parties use Web 2.0 and whether they embrace or adapt the technologies. Talked of the emergence of the political strategists' creation of Web 1.5, partial use of the tools but no real interaction.
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This document summarizes a dissertation that studied how Web 2.0 technologies can support or inhibit participatory culture. The study involved designing a Web 2.0 system called PocketKnowledge and analyzing user interactions over two years. Initial findings showed the system design discouraged participation, but after redesigning to give users more control, a radical interaction network formed with novices acting as facilitators. However, over time the network became more expert-oriented and consumptive. The dissertation concludes technologies both enable and constrain participatory culture depending on social and cultural contexts.
Simon Delakorda from the Institute for Electronic Participation in Slovenia presented on establishing and facilitating deliberative internet public debates. Some of the key issues discussed included how to moderate debates without censorship, ensuring legitimacy and inclusiveness, addressing privacy concerns for participants, and getting policymakers to include the results of internet debates in adopted legislation. Delakorda argued that internet debates can increase visibility, legitimacy, and participation for NGOs, but present challenges around resources, expertise, and ensuring impact. Active moderation, unbiased reporting, and follow up are important to maximize the democratic potential of online debates.
CONTENT
1. ICTs and political democracy
2. ICTs and active citizenship
3. Technological determinism vs. social constructivism
4. Spatial and communicative diversity (4 cases)
5. The role of NGOs in e-participation
6. Recommendations for e-participation: toward realistic optimism
This document discusses the political influence of social media. It defines social media as new information networks that allow for interactive and user-generated content through communication forms like blogs, social networking sites, and online communities. Social media enables more democratic participation through opportunities for public commentary and organization, but it can also lead to "flame wars" and spread of misinformation. It influences politics by allowing politicians to engage more directly with citizens, but it also risks encroaching on personal privacy as political leaders have less separation between their public and private lives. Moving forward, both greater use of social media by governments and new technologies threaten to further damage concepts of privacy.
The document summarizes a multi-agency pilot project in Mutley Greenbank, Plymouth aimed at reducing anti-social behavior through data sharing and targeted interventions. A steering group reviewed existing data on issues like crime, litter, and noise complaints. Two surveys gathered residents' feedback, which was mapped to identify problem areas. Interventions included police patrols of nightlife areas, a park bylaw, and installing more bins. A second survey will gauge the impacts. Challenges included allowing time for interventions and clarifying data differences between households and postcodes.
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The document summarizes a multi-agency pilot project in Mutley Greenbank, Plymouth aimed at reducing anti-social behavior through data sharing and targeted interventions. A steering group reviewed existing data on issues like crime, litter, and noise complaints. Two surveys gathered residents' feedback, which was mapped to identify problem areas. Interventions included police patrols of nightlife areas, a park bylaw, and installing more bins. A second survey will gauge the impacts. Challenges included allowing time for interventions and clarifying data differences between households and postcodes.
WeGov was presented at the Samos 2010 Summit, “Declaration On the Future of ICT for Governance” in Samos, Greece, on the 8th July 2010. The presentation took place in Session V of the Summit. Session V focused on the subject "ICT Research meets practice". The session underlined the adoption of the research prototypes and ideas, as well as on the application of various innovative solutions in the Public Sector and the Local Administrations, with a view to achieve efficient services provision which will meet the administration needs with overall aim, to better serve the citizens.
Cybersecurity: Increased Transparency and the Role of Civil SocietySarah Granger
We see a lot of hype about security in today's networks. This presentation outlines where cybersecurity is going, the global paradigm, the role of government and civil society in building transparency as security evolves.
Social Media and Government: The Big(ger) PictureAxel Bruns
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Digital intermediation: Towards Transparent Public Automated MediaUniversity of Sydney
The document discusses digital intermediation, which refers to the combination of data (online content producers) and algorithms (automated decision making within media systems) and how they create new forms of online communities and knowledge exchange. It examines digital influencers and micro-platformization, where digital agencies ensure advertisers receive the appropriate influencer. It proposes three potential applications of digital intermediation: applying it to public service media, policy recommendations on regulatory systems, and designing algorithmic transparency interfaces. The overall aim is to understand how this new media ecosystem works and provide recommendations to help media organizations engage audiences on important issues.
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From KPIs to KOLs: Regulating social media and influencers within VietnamUniversity of Sydney
The recent Facebook livestream by Nguyen Phuong Hang, which lasted for over three hours, vocally criticised, and called-out online celebrities for their dysfunctional behaviour, signifies a new era for social media and influencers within the country. As a key opinion leader (KOL) herself, Nguyen Phuong Hang has the capacity to swing public opinion, triggering a key regulatory moment for the Vietnamese government. As an already regulatory-tight country, Vietnam faces a paradoxical social media regulation moment: significant investment in its digital media future, while maintaining a consistent political line. As a result of this Facebook livestream, the Vietnamese government are looking to pressure KOLs and online influencers by increasing control over livestreaming: any social media account that has more than 10,000 followers must provide their contact information to the authorities. Social media platforms will be asked to remove content that has been flagged as problematic by government officials, highlighting Vietnam’s position on regulating foreign social media platforms, not only YouTube or Facebook specifically. This research draws on algorithmic visibility literature to examine the current state of regulation for Vietnamese social media users with a specific focus on KOLs. Drawing on several recent case studies, we highlight the current state of social media regulation in Vietnam, while also extrapolating the tension the country faces as it invests in and develops its digital and creative industries.
Presentation delivered by Kellie Mote, accessibility specialist at Jisc, as part of a webinar in partnership with College Development Network (CDN), streamed on 20th February, 2020.
Governing Privacy Commons at Pitt Science 2017 - Madisonprofessormadison
Overview of the Knowledge Commons Research Framework, developed with B. Frischmann and K. Strandburg, and its possible application to case studies of privacy, information security, and cybersecurity
Using a lens of feedback and engagement this paper discusses the relationships between people, organisations, and energy use in workplaces. It reflects on two projects that explored participatory energy practices in public and private organisations. The first, “Working with Infrastructure, Creation of Knowledge, and Energy strategy Development (WICKED)”, explored energy management practices in a range of different retail companies. The second, ‘Gooddeeds’ aimed to collaboratively create an ICT based tool and related social processes with a city municipality. The paper concludes, firstly, that energy management sits against the backdrop of competing organisational, institutional and political priorities and the core strategy of an organisation matters. Second, we need to move beyond the ‘them and us’ culture and ‘information-deficit’ approach intrinsic in the notion of dashboards and feedback to appreciate the positive contribution all can make to energy efficiency. Finally, there are still large discrepancies across organisations with regards to energy management capabilities and metering technologies. In conclusion we note that relationships and partnerships are central in moving forward.
Extending UTAUT to explain social media adoption by microbusinessesDebashish Mandal
This paper establishes inadequacies of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) theory to explain social media adoption by microbusinesses. Literature review confirms the explaining power of UTAUT in variety of technology adoption by businesses. This paper uses UTAUT theory to implement social media technology in microbusinesses. Canonical action research method is adopted to introduce social media in microbusinesses. A post positivist approach is used to report the results based on a predetermined premise. It was found that the major constructs of performance and effort expectancy played insignificant role in establishing behavioural and adoption intention of social media by microbusinesses. Social influence and facilitating condition did not influence the behavioural intentions of the microbusiness owners. Individual characteristics and codification effort dominated the use behaviour. Goal of gaining customers leads to behavioural modification resulting in replacing of behavioural intention with goals as a superior method of predicting adoption behaviour within the context of microbusinesses. This paper extends the UTAUT to explain social media adoption in microbusinesses.
Participatory Culture and Web 2.0 in Higher Educationac2182
This document summarizes a dissertation that studied how Web 2.0 technologies can support or inhibit participatory culture. The study involved designing a Web 2.0 system called PocketKnowledge and analyzing user interactions over two years. Initial findings showed the system design discouraged participation, but after redesigning to give users more control, a radical interaction network formed with novices acting as facilitators. However, over time the network became more expert-oriented and consumptive. The dissertation concludes technologies both enable and constrain participatory culture depending on social and cultural contexts.
Simon Delakorda from the Institute for Electronic Participation in Slovenia presented on establishing and facilitating deliberative internet public debates. Some of the key issues discussed included how to moderate debates without censorship, ensuring legitimacy and inclusiveness, addressing privacy concerns for participants, and getting policymakers to include the results of internet debates in adopted legislation. Delakorda argued that internet debates can increase visibility, legitimacy, and participation for NGOs, but present challenges around resources, expertise, and ensuring impact. Active moderation, unbiased reporting, and follow up are important to maximize the democratic potential of online debates.
CONTENT
1. ICTs and political democracy
2. ICTs and active citizenship
3. Technological determinism vs. social constructivism
4. Spatial and communicative diversity (4 cases)
5. The role of NGOs in e-participation
6. Recommendations for e-participation: toward realistic optimism
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The document summarizes a multi-agency pilot project in Mutley Greenbank, Plymouth aimed at reducing anti-social behavior through data sharing and targeted interventions. A steering group reviewed existing data on issues like crime, litter, and noise complaints. Two surveys gathered residents' feedback, which was mapped to identify problem areas. Interventions included police patrols of nightlife areas, a park bylaw, and installing more bins. A second survey will gauge the impacts. Challenges included allowing time for interventions and clarifying data differences between households and postcodes.
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WeGov was presented at the Samos 2010 Summit, “Declaration On the Future of ICT for Governance” in Samos, Greece, on the 8th July 2010. The presentation took place in Session V of the Summit. Session V focused on the subject "ICT Research meets practice". The session underlined the adoption of the research prototypes and ideas, as well as on the application of various innovative solutions in the Public Sector and the Local Administrations, with a view to achieve efficient services provision which will meet the administration needs with overall aim, to better serve the citizens.
Cybersecurity: Increased Transparency and the Role of Civil SocietySarah Granger
We see a lot of hype about security in today's networks. This presentation outlines where cybersecurity is going, the global paradigm, the role of government and civil society in building transparency as security evolves.
Social Media and Government: The Big(ger) PictureAxel Bruns
Social media provides opportunities for government engagement but also challenges. Government should engage with social media communities by being open, seeding discussions, and supporting community dynamics rather than exploiting users. Both using existing platforms and building custom platforms each have advantages and disadvantages. Broad communities may be harder to manage but include more voices, while specialist communities can engage existing groups but risk being exclusive. Different models of government-citizen interaction through social media include services integration, online portals, and facilitating self-managing communities. Successful initiatives often start small with a manageable topic or community.
Digital intermediation: Towards Transparent Public Automated MediaUniversity of Sydney
The document discusses digital intermediation, which refers to the combination of data (online content producers) and algorithms (automated decision making within media systems) and how they create new forms of online communities and knowledge exchange. It examines digital influencers and micro-platformization, where digital agencies ensure advertisers receive the appropriate influencer. It proposes three potential applications of digital intermediation: applying it to public service media, policy recommendations on regulatory systems, and designing algorithmic transparency interfaces. The overall aim is to understand how this new media ecosystem works and provide recommendations to help media organizations engage audiences on important issues.
DEMOsfera: a Laboratory for eCitizenship in Sicilyjexxon
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From KPIs to KOLs: Regulating social media and influencers within VietnamUniversity of Sydney
The recent Facebook livestream by Nguyen Phuong Hang, which lasted for over three hours, vocally criticised, and called-out online celebrities for their dysfunctional behaviour, signifies a new era for social media and influencers within the country. As a key opinion leader (KOL) herself, Nguyen Phuong Hang has the capacity to swing public opinion, triggering a key regulatory moment for the Vietnamese government. As an already regulatory-tight country, Vietnam faces a paradoxical social media regulation moment: significant investment in its digital media future, while maintaining a consistent political line. As a result of this Facebook livestream, the Vietnamese government are looking to pressure KOLs and online influencers by increasing control over livestreaming: any social media account that has more than 10,000 followers must provide their contact information to the authorities. Social media platforms will be asked to remove content that has been flagged as problematic by government officials, highlighting Vietnam’s position on regulating foreign social media platforms, not only YouTube or Facebook specifically. This research draws on algorithmic visibility literature to examine the current state of regulation for Vietnamese social media users with a specific focus on KOLs. Drawing on several recent case studies, we highlight the current state of social media regulation in Vietnam, while also extrapolating the tension the country faces as it invests in and develops its digital and creative industries.
Presentation delivered by Kellie Mote, accessibility specialist at Jisc, as part of a webinar in partnership with College Development Network (CDN), streamed on 20th February, 2020.
Governing Privacy Commons at Pitt Science 2017 - Madisonprofessormadison
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Extending UTAUT to explain social media adoption by microbusinessesDebashish Mandal
This paper establishes inadequacies of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) theory to explain social media adoption by microbusinesses. Literature review confirms the explaining power of UTAUT in variety of technology adoption by businesses. This paper uses UTAUT theory to implement social media technology in microbusinesses. Canonical action research method is adopted to introduce social media in microbusinesses. A post positivist approach is used to report the results based on a predetermined premise. It was found that the major constructs of performance and effort expectancy played insignificant role in establishing behavioural and adoption intention of social media by microbusinesses. Social influence and facilitating condition did not influence the behavioural intentions of the microbusiness owners. Individual characteristics and codification effort dominated the use behaviour. Goal of gaining customers leads to behavioural modification resulting in replacing of behavioural intention with goals as a superior method of predicting adoption behaviour within the context of microbusinesses. This paper extends the UTAUT to explain social media adoption in microbusinesses.
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This document summarizes a literature review of research on the impacts of public access to information and communication technologies. The review found limited conclusive evidence on the downstream impacts of public access to ICTs. Some studies found impacts in areas like skill development and job creation, while others found limited impacts. More research is needed that quantifies impacts across different contexts using consistent methodologies.
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This document summarizes a literature review of research on the impacts of public access to information and communication technologies. The review found limited conclusive evidence on the downstream impacts of public access to ICTs. Some studies found impacts in areas like skill development and job creation, while others found limited impacts. More research is needed that quantifies impacts across different contexts using consistent methodologies.
This digital communications strategy aims to create three, one-minute videos to provide job readiness information for accessibility users. The videos will be hosted on Annecto's YouTube channel and promoted on their social media platforms. They will address web support and information, communication and accessibility, and networking. The goal is to develop opportunities for employment and social networking of accessibility users using targeted, visual content.
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This document discusses the development of a private social media application called Ping Meee using the Ruby on Rails framework. It begins with an introduction that outlines the benefits of private social media over public platforms for organizations, such as better control over data and interactions. The document then reviews relevant literature on social media security challenges and cyber attacks. Finally, it provides a brief overview of how the Ping Meee application works using the Ruby on Rails framework.
The machine in the ghost: a socio-technical perspective...Cliff Lampe
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IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKS
1. IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKS DEBASHISH MANDAL MSYS – 29th March 2011 RESEARCH PROPOSAL PRESENTATION Copyright University of Waikato
5. Time line of the literature Copyright University of Waikato
6. Investigation on use of social media in organisation DiMicco and Others Günther and others Copyright University of Waikato
7. Summary of literature on Entrepreneurial network Weak and strong ties – critical for small entrepreneurs – Granovetter/Burt/Others Strong ties – Friends of Friends – more important for entrepreneurs – Jack Life cycle of ties - variation selection retention over the phases of growth – Slotte-Kock Impact of information system on ties - under-researched Copyright University of Waikato
8. Gap suggested by the literature Adoption of social media different than email or website - Günther Collaborative nature of social media requires addition in UTAUT – Günther Individual users connect and maintain ties with known off line connections– Ellison, Tech organisation employees connecting with weak ties - DiMicco Copyright University of Waikato
Inductive theory buildingMy interest is construct a robust model specifically designed for small businessAppend/modify/add to the UTAUT or evolve new theory like Caring/Climbing/Campaigning The model will be designed in a manner which will be helpful for practitioners and academics alike. This can be done if we have a practical approach – by using action research examine the actual process of adoptionRich literature for four decades on network research – a New angle of information systems – social mediaA Mutual building of social capital in the local Hamilton RegionCapitalise on the existing social capital of the management school to source participants
FiveslidesStructural representation of literature – discuss two distinct set of literatureTime line – age of the literatureContrast between micro blogging and facebook applicationRole and importance of ties in entrepreneur networkGap in the literature Second part Research design – 7 slidesAction research why advantages Tryst with reality How the participants are located and persuaded to join the projectInterview questions – how they will be framed and testedTheme based data analysisContent analysis – use of NVivoFinally – Potential issues to Anticipate – primary charges for facebook like LinkedIn
Two distinct set of literature – has been done before by nedKock – BPI and group ware – we have one connection between ours that is of DiMicco – employees connecting with weak ties – quotes seminal work of Granovetter 1973Slotte 2010 and Hoang 2003 are literature reviews summarising the work in Network research on small businessSlotte attempts are model development based on larson and Hite See Figure 2 – Life cycle of tiesBlake Guther Meyer Riemer – MicrobloggingKaplan Boyd Hopkins literature review some Ellsion, Joinson study of facebook usage by sections of the society Fischer sole study linking entrepreneurs and Twitter
Most Social Media literature published in IS Conferences Intention to publish also in IS conferences results of the studyTarget should begin with Australasian Conference – closerLiterature based on most current and up to date information as evident from the date of publishing
The core articles are compared Common thing – tech organisations – our plan to study to simple non tech savvy more difficult – but practicalMethodology for all of them have been quite commonReputation seems to be a common construct Relationship buildingPrivacy was not a concern by DiMicco and other due to operations behind and Intranet
The importance of ties couldn’t better highlighted in the literatureBalance of ties suggested Jack 2005 – talks about friends of friends – a concept quite common in FacebookDo the entrepreneurs browse through the friend list of friends find resourceful friends Will the application be used for this purpose? Are they trying to connect with a whole range of ties – during their business formation years ie. Existing ties - loose ties – strong ties????Social media impact this tie maintenance unlike the address book of the email or the mobile phone!!! This is more profound since in many cases it is a public acknowledgement of a relationship – privacy concerns, reputation?Does the friend list of the Entrepreneur becomes a case of reputation – knowing the high and the established one the society?
The primary and the most important gap is the lack of academic work related to small business and social mediaAs highlighted earlier Fischer is the sole work linking twitter and entrepreneurs – however not small or micro businessesSocial media especially collaborative software where relationships have to be made are quite different form general email and other information technologyThe UTAUT which has proposed and tested merges 8 different such theories about technology adoptionThe profound being Rogers Diffusion theoryThere is substantial difference between use of facebook by individual users and as organisation employeesHow will the entrepreneurs use it? Will twitter be preferred since more ambiguous? Application of twitter now seems to be more on the breaking news?
Along with review of the Bryman and Bell – and influenced by Hine and Carson Innovative methodologies in Enterprise research – 2007This book echo’s of the view points on the advantages of Qualitative Strategy in Enterprise researchAgain repeat some of the points from the agendaMention categorically that attended the course MNGT501
Looks at action to bring about change of one workgroups processes by adding to the workgroups understanding of those processesUsed for both network research and also information systemsProfound changeWhat is the problem – how to use social media for improving our business We are able to analyse the problems faced by the small business ownersat process levelExtremely focused looking towards the future We learn constantly by trouble shooting the various problems using facebook!
Ontology is reality (nature of reality) Epistemology is the relationship between that reality and the researcher (how knowledge about that reality is sought) Constructivism and critical theory – perception is realityRealism – perceptions are windows on to reality – to that blurry external realityPositivism does not all the researcher to work with dynamic phenomenaNo allowance for the contribution of relatively unobservable realities – followers belief in a leaderPrimarily deductive – exploring direct cause and effect outcomesExclusive of discovery dimension!World is constructed by people Eg. Of levi Jeans Relativism is at heart of constructivism and critical theoryProblem with multiple realities – Jews Holocaust exampleIn particular constructivism and critical theory are not suitable in enterprise research about an organisation having to survive within a market because marketing managers have to deal with a world that is external, that is out there and does not particularly care about the perceptions of an individual managerRealism consists of abstract things that are born out of people’s mind but exist independently of any one personLargely autonomous though created by usMechanisms of structures within a social context that do exist “our there”Not straight forward like physical scientist – example of bridgeCausal tendencies A may sometimes cause B but the not always Exacerbated by the ability of people to change their behaviour after reflecting upon itMuch of academic theorising about enterprises is done with realism
The process is pretty must straight forwardWe have already established contact Businesses are eager for any help they may get using facebookThey are interested to know how to increase their facebook fansWe promise to train them how to promote their business by interacting in various public pagesCapitalise on the social capital of the management school
Sample questions form DiMicco has been attached as a Appendix DI am hoping to obtain questions and transcripts of focus groups to provide insights in to how these investigations were conductedRationale behind selecting a particular questionSince these investigations are not specifically for small businesses The questions have to be adapted for small businessesSecond the investigations of DiMicco and others has been behind firewall – privacy was not a big issue So we shall need to focus on the privacy themeThe questions shall be pilot tested on our sample participantsA sample question set has been developed which needs further polishing before pilot testing Once they have been tested and found suitable Data collection process shall begin for data collection from other participantsHowever, as the process continues the questions will be added, changed modifiedTo get a better perspective we shall also interview the customers or prominent people who interact largely on the business pageA suitable question set has to be developed to capture outside perspective
Our intention is on theory development – Hence Theme based analysisThis is highly inductive since the themes emerge from the data rather than I imposing a theme on the data collection processCyclical – process continues still saturation is achieved If required software confirmation using the NVivo process maybe employed
This will be used largely to process the large amount of blogs groups and facebook pagesData will be mined and then processed in the softwareWill be mostly based on the themes emerging from the interviews – Have discussed with Mr. David Williams for training on use of the softwareLibrary does not have the expertise
And will continue to be so – maybe they start charging like linkedInHence it is of outmost importance to construct the page at the first go itselfOne of our interview questions would also be directed at whether they would pay to maintain a fan pageIn face we have used this as a source of important factor for participants to decide quickly on establishing a facebook pageWe also offer training on use and how to promote the pageOff course their will be failures and to circumvent that we want to contact as many participants as possible LinkenIn basis features are free but then not that hugely popularApplication is quite limited – but then a feasible History says that due to anti-trust none of the companies got closed downEven google got away with the digital library of books scanning copyright books and making them partially available on the web!