The Interplay Between Digital and Social Networks.

Author List: Agarwal, Ritu; Gupta, Anil K.; Kraut, Robert E.;
Information Systems Research, 2008, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 243-252.
Social networks constructed on digital platforms are becoming increasingly pervasive in all aspects of individual and organizational life. This special issue of Information Systems Research includes 10 papers that focus on the interplay between digital and social networks. The interplay draws attention to the fact that digital interaction among individuals and organizations is almost always embedded in, influenced by, and in turn influences a social network. The papers in this special issue collectively shed light on the technical, behavioral, and economic challenges and implications of such networks and contribute to our understanding of how the power of such networks can be harnessed.
Keywords: digital networks; interplay; online communities; open source; social networks; technology mediation
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#249 0.213 network networks social analysis ties structure p2p exchange externalities individual impact peer-to-peer structural growth centrality participants sharing economic ownership embeddedness
#105 0.151 information issue special systems article introduction editorial including discusses published section articles reports various presented technology management topics introduction.the introduction.an
#98 0.142 platform platforms dynamics ecosystem greater generation open ecosystems evolution two-sided technologies investigate generations migration services implications interplay disruptive control markets
#178 0.095 digital divide use access artifacts internet inequality libraries shift library increasingly everyday societies understand world initiative initiatives embedded community dimensions
#282 0.087 power perspective process study rational political perspectives politics theoretical longitudinal case social rationality formation construction shows multiple instead understanding fact
#80 0.066 organizations new information technology develop environment challenges core competencies management environmental technologies development emerging opportunities levels based change business technical
#45 0.053 community communities online members participants wikipedia social member knowledge content discussion collaboration attachment communication law virtual membership structures forms activities