Search for dissertations about: "wikis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word wikis.

  2. 1. The Bureaucracy of Social Media - An Empirical Account in Organizations

    Author : Osama Mansour; Anita Mirijamdotter; Ulrike Schultze; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Wikis; Social Media; Structure; Organization; Immiscibility; Practice; Informatik; Information Systems; Library and Information Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines organizational use of social media. It focuses on developing an understanding of the ways by which social media are used within formal organizational settings. READ MORE

  4. 2. Collaborating and communicating in new media - wiki's, social networks and blogs : a qualitative and quantitative approach

    Author : Gené van Heerden; Arthur Money; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industriell marknadsföring; Industrial Marketing;

    Abstract : The Web 2.0 environment has created a platform where the power and voice have shifted from organization to market. Communities, networks and the developments in information communication technologies have enabled the average consumer to become an active participant in creating and recreating value. READ MORE

  5. 3. Share with Social Media : The Case of a Wiki

    Author : Osama Mansour; Anita Mirijamdotter; Dave Randall; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Social Media; Wiki; Openness; Knowledge Collaboration and Sharing; Knowledge; Organization; Information technology; Informationsteknik; Information Systems; Informatik; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : Traditional approaches to knowledge collaboration and sharing have proven to be limited in the sense of addressing organizational needs of dynamic and distributed knowledge. More recently, the emergence of social media and the second generation of web technologies have introduced new ways and possibilities for sharing knowledge in organizations. READ MORE

  6. 4. Documenting Videogame Communities : A Study of Community Production of Information in Social-Media Environments and its Implications for Videogame Preservation

    Author : Olle Sköld; Isto Huvila; Sanna Talja; Sara Kjellberg; Kiersten Latham; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Videogames; Videogame preservation; Practice theory; Documents; Documentation; Memory-making; Knowledge production; Social media; ALM; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Library and Information Science;

    Abstract : Drawing on the disciplines of library and information studies and archival studies, this study seeks to explore the production of information in online videogame communities and to elucidate how such insights can offer practical and conceptual support to the knotty issue of how to preserve those sociocultural aspects of videogames that exist 'beyond' the code and audiovisual data resources of the videogame itself. This is accomplished in two principal moves: (i) by delving into the current state of socioculturally-focused videogame preservation and; (ii) by inquiring into the production of information carried out by videogame communities in what arguably is one of their most important interfaces of interaction—discussion forums, wikis, and other social-media services. READ MORE

  7. 5. Architecture and Applications of a Geovisual Analytics Framework

    Author : Quan Ho; Mikael Jern; Gennady Andrienko; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; GeoVisual Analytics; toolkits; frameworks; web-enabled; visualization; interactive visualizations; interaction; interaction techniques; visual data analysis; component architecture; storytelling;

    Abstract : The large and ever-increasing amounts of multi-dimensional, multivariate, multi-source, spatio-temporal data represent a major challenge for the future. The need to analyse and make decisions based on these data streams, often in time-critical situations, demands integrated, automatic and sophisticated interactive tools that aid the user to manage, process, visualize and interact with large data spaces. READ MORE