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Brian S. Butler
Researcher at University of Maryland, College Park
Publications - 126
Citations - 7799
Brian S. Butler is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, College Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Information system & Online community. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 126 publications receiving 7344 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian S. Butler include Carnegie Mellon University & University of Maryland College of Information Studies.
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Membership Size, Communication Activity, and Sustainability: A Resource-Based Model of Online Social Structures
TL;DR: The results suggest that while the use of networked communication technologies may alter the form of communication, balancing the opposing impacts of membership size and communication activity in order to maintain resource availability and provide benefits for current members remains a fundamental problem underlying the development of sustainable online social structures.
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The quality of online social relationships
TL;DR: This paper argues that online relationships are less valuable than offline ones and their net benefit depends on whether they supplement or substitute for offline social relationships.
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Intermediaries and Cybermediaries: A Continuing Role for Mediating Players in the Electronic Marketplace.
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Encouraging participation in virtual communities
TL;DR: Leaders of robust, sustainable virtual communities find ways to strengthen their members' sense of social identity and motivate their participation in the community's activities.
Community Effort in Online Groups: Who Does the Work and Why?
TL;DR: In this article, a survey of Internet listserv owners and other members suggests that though owners, who have a formal leadership role, do more of the effortful community building work than do regular members, other members also take on some of the work.