Trust and community: Continued engagement in Second Life

Lin, Peyina; Karlova, Natascha; Marino, John; Eisenberg, Michael B.

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Title

Trust and community: Continued engagement in Second Life

Author(s)

• Lin, Peyina
• Karlova, Natascha
• Marino, John
• Eisenberg, Michael B.

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• Virtual world
• trust
• community
• social navigation
• continued engagement
• human-computer interaction
• information behavior
• social and community informatics
• qualitative data analysis

Abstract

3D social virtual worlds (VWs), like Second Life (SL), have potential as alternative modes for in-formation seeking and socialization. Yet, finding trustworthy social connections for expertise and social support can be challenging in Second Life (SL), a 3D social virtual world, where identi-ties are fluid. We explored how long-time SL users established and diffused trust within their communities by vetting each other as trusted information sources. By drawing on the relation-ship among trust, being highly sought after, social status, and continued engagement in SL, we identify challenges that VWs like SL face, and provide recommendations for social navigation systems to support continued engagement in social virtual worlds.

Publisher

iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42093

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13499

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