NDLI: Social networking sites' feature development from a complexity theory perspective

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Xiao Xuan Wang Tie-nan
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Author affiliation: Sch. of Manage., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China (Xiao Xuan; Wang Tie-nan)
Abstract	Given that relatively few studies have been conducted on the feature development process of social networking sites (SNS), the understanding of SNS feature development may provide valuable insight for developers into designing SNS features. This paper therefore intends to illustrate how SNS features are developed through the interaction between developers and users from a complexity theory perspective. We analyze in detail why a SNS can be regarded as a complex system composed of developers, users and SNS features, and identify four processes -exploration and exploitation, affordance, evaluation and enactment, and stimulation- through which SNS features are developed. We contend that this paper contributes to research in that it expands the inclusiveness of complexity theory and shapes complexity theory in a way that fits the context of SNS. In addition, this paper provides guidance for developers in better developing SNS features, such as a welcoming attitude towards users' responses, extracting knowledge from user evaluations and enactments, and designing SNS features with certain affordances.
Starting Page	69
Ending Page	75
File Size	292486
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479953752
ISSN	21551855
e-ISBN	9781479953769
DOI	10.1109/ICMSE.2014.6930210
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-08-17
Publisher Place	Finland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Context complexity theory feature development Blogs design Media Feature extraction Complexity theory Facebook social networking sites
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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