Computer-mediated social networking : first International Conference, ICCMSN 2008, Dunedin, New Zealand, June 11-13, 2008 : revised selected papers

This volume constitutes the revised selected papers of the First International Conference, ICCMSN 2008, held in Dunedin, New Zealand, in June 2009. The 19 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 34 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on virtual environments and second life; knowledge networks and learning in social networks; applications and integration of social networking systems as well as social concepts associated with social networking. Front Matter....Pages - Designing Physical and Virtual Communities....Pages 1-6 Virtual Experience: Observations on Second Life....Pages 7-17 Second Life: The Future of Social Networking?....Pages 18-27 Building Content in Second Life – Issues Facing Content Creators and Residents....Pages 28-34 A Review of Linden Scripting Language and Its Role in Second Life....Pages 35-47 Embedding Professional Knowledge: The ‘Middle Layer’ in an Online Community Ecosystem....Pages 48-61 Fostering Sociability in Learning Networks through Ad-Hoc Transient Communities....Pages 62-75 Inter-organisational Knowledge Transfer and Computer Mediated Social Networking....Pages 76-85 SME Knowledge Transfer through Social Networking: Leveraging Storytelling for Improved Communication....Pages 86-92 Computer-Mediated Social Networking for Mentoring of Health Professionals....Pages 93-99 The Use of Digital Photo Frames as Situated Messaging Appliances....Pages 100-105 Awareness Information for Collaborative Information Gathering in Social Bookmarking Service....Pages 106-118 Towards the Integration of Social Media with Traditional Information Systems....Pages 119-133 Data in Social Network Analysis....Pages 134-149 Self-organization in Simulated Social Networks....Pages 150-156 A Social Networking Approach to F/OSS Quality Assessment....Pages 157-170 Eliciting Expectations for Monitoring Social Interactions....Pages 171-185 Computer-Mediated Social Networking - An Executive Summary of the Conference and the Future Research Directions....Pages 186-200 Back Matter....Pages -