Participating or not participating? A sociomaterial perspective of the embeddedness of online communities in everyday life

Geri Harris; Babak Abedin

Participating or not participating? A sociomaterial perspective of the embeddedness of online communities in everyday life

Geri Harris, Babak Abedin

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Abstract

Online communities are increasingly becoming a venue for socializing, engaging in politics, and conducting business. Ironically, the same enabling social–media technology is encroaching into everyday life and reconfiguring relations of participation. Yet, while participation in online communities has been widely studied empirically, theoretical aspects of this social phenomenon need further investigation. This paper uses a sociomaterial perspective to further develop theoretical explanation of participation in online communities and the impacts of not participating online. A sociomaterial view of online community participation decenters the human participant and recognises the agency of technology, thus creating a richer understanding than epistemological paradigms. Using converging hermeneutic circles, the paper first reviews literature for evidence of sociomaterial applications to online community research, and then proposes a framework for expressing participation in online communities from a sociomaterial perspective. Subsequently, implications of the findings and the potential for future studies are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ACIS 2015 Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 26th Australasian Conference on Information Systems
Editors	Frada Burstein, Helana Scheepers, Gaye Deegan
Place of Publication	Adelaide, SA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9780646953373
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	26th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2015 - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 30 Nov 2015 → 4 Dec 2015

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Conference	26th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2015
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Adelaide
Period	30/11/15 → 4/12/15

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Keywords

Nonparticipation
Online community
Participation
Social Media
Sociomateriality

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Harris, G., & Abedin, B. (2015). Participating or not participating? A sociomaterial perspective of the embeddedness of online communities in everyday life. In F. Burstein, H. Scheepers, & G. Deegan (Eds.), ACIS 2015 Proceedings: Proceedings of the 26th Australasian Conference on Information Systems Article 89 Association for Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2015/89

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Harris, G & Abedin, B 2015, Participating or not participating? A sociomaterial perspective of the embeddedness of online communities in everyday life. in F Burstein, H Scheepers & G Deegan (eds), ACIS 2015 Proceedings: Proceedings of the 26th Australasian Conference on Information Systems., 89, Association for Information Systems, Adelaide, SA, 26th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2015, Adelaide, Australia, 30/11/15. <https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2015/89>

Participating or not participating? A sociomaterial perspective of the embeddedness of online communities in everyday life. / Harris, Geri; Abedin, Babak.
ACIS 2015 Proceedings: Proceedings of the 26th Australasian Conference on Information Systems. ed. / Frada Burstein; Helana Scheepers; Gaye Deegan. Adelaide, SA: Association for Information Systems, 2015. 89.

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