The medium of intellectual exchange Historical Internet technologist use of online expert communities (1975- 2003)

The medium ofintellectual exchange

The medium ofintellectual exchange

Historical Internet technologist use of online expert communities (1975-

2003)

Historical Internet technologist use of online expert communities (1975-

2003)

…or… nerds talking online.

…or… nerds talking online.

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THETOPICNETTHETOPICNET

How online expert communities have existed in the growth of the Internet.

How experts have used the Internet.Types of online community.Composite theoretical frameworksReceiver and Message

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ftp://ftp.significanceftp://ftp.significance

“Knowledge management”“Community of practice”EfficiencyDisciplines

SociologyCommunicationTechnologyNew framework

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<getting> … </online><getting> … </online>

1970s technology1972 - [email protected] - 70% email1975 - MsgGroup1976 - QEII1977 - THEORYNET

#include.self

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$community;$community;

Just a fadInformal learningInterest vs. disciplineEgo-centric data

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onLoad=“transformations”

onLoad=“transformations”

1978 - CBBS 1981 - CSNET 1984 - Hosts broke 1000 NETworks Critical Mass? 1986 - 241 Newsgroups 1989 - 5,000 to 100,000 hosts 1990

300,000 Hosts 1000 Newsgroups

1991 - WWW 1993 - MOSAIC

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commercial[investment]commercial[investment]

1996 -Browser warsRefinementWeb site format

TopicalNon-topicalNew bulletin-board

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0_cool says: behavior0_cool says: behavior

RolesAnswer peopleDisconnected clustersOnion patternNexus patternButterflyLurkFlame

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http://theoretical.framework

http://theoretical.framework

Diffusion of Innovations Theory

Uses and Gratification Theory

Media System Dependency Theory

The Social Information Process Model

information technology improvement

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the-future.oggthe-future.ogg

Where at the extreme nerds?Community of practiceModeration

FilteringModeration

Subscription

THE INTERNET

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(“quote”)(“quote”)

“The Internet was conceived in the era of time-sharing, but has survived into the era of personal computers, client/server and peer-to-peer computing, and the network computer.”

-The Past and Future History of the Internet

(the experts)