WiserEarth: an Ethnographic study of the community
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This paper describes the ethnographic study performed to an online community called WiserEarth. A combination of interviews and observations were used to analyze the community’s activities and its member’s perceptions about it. The analysis of the results was performed by crossing social web concepts, the observation data and general parameters found in the interviews. The results suggest that participation can be enhanced by evaluating the different member’s needs and if they are met by the tools offered at the moment. A presentation and discussion of the parameters found in the study with the different stakeholders would be a first step to address this issue.
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