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Sustainable virtual world ecosystems

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Gordon Fletcher,

Anita GreenhillAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, Volume 38, Issue 4

Pages 29 - 31

https://doi.org/10.1145/1314234.1314241

Published: 28 October 2007 Publication History

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This paper outlines an agenda for research that contributes to the development of sustainable virtual world ecosystems. It provides direction for understanding the social aspects of both trust and conflict. Trust is often referred to in research to examine the social interactions observed in virtual communities. It is an important theoretical factor affecting user intention to give and receive information. However, trust is a problematic construct, as it is based on culturally and historically specific assumptions about human association and social organization. Conflict and disagreement are usually viewed as undesirable behaviors in virtual worlds. The management of these behaviors is a difficult task in virtual environments where physical social controls are not available. Consequently, the moderation of participant behavior is seen as a challenge for virtual world creators, particularly as virtual world governance is likely to have a significant influence on member retention rates. A conflict-oriented research agenda provides a useful vehicle for interpreting the simultaneous pressures for both collaboration and competition in virtual worlds. Conflict is an integral structural element of the social interrelations found in both physical and virtual worlds. In this context, both agreement and disagreement are necessary to maintain the intricate social networks necessary for sustainable virtual world ecosystems.

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ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems Volume 38, Issue 4

November 2007

101 pages

ISSN:0095-0033

EISSN:1532-0936

DOI:10.1145/1314234

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Lee YChen A(2014)Usability Design and Psychological Ownership of a Virtual WorldJournal of Management Information Systems10.2753/MIS0742-122228030828:3(269-308)Online publication date: 9-Dec-2014
https://doi.org/10.2753/MIS0742-1222280308
Lee YChen A(2011)Usability Design and Psychological Ownership of a Virtual WorldJournal of Management Information Systems10.5555/2448803.244881228:3(269-308)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2448803.2448812
Campbell JFletcher GGreenhill A(2009)Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial communityInformation Systems Journal10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00301.x19:5(461-478)Online publication date: 11-Aug-2009
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00301.x

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