Abstract
Blogging has often been described as writing an online diary but, nowadays, it is more diverse and a considerable amount of blogs forms a common interconnected resource – the blogosphere – with comprehensive societal impact. While various studies have inquired social-psychological influences
on the intention to contribute to an individual blog, the perceptions related to creating such a common valuable good have not yet been focussed. Therefore, we introduce a new construct – the oeuvre of blogging – to better account for the notion of the blogosphere as a collective outcome.
Furthermore, we propose a research model to inquire the influence of individual and collective beliefs on the oeuvre in comparison to short-term blogging activity. We conducted an online survey with 509 international distributed bloggers to test our model. The results of our study provide support for the importance of an oeuvre construct to explain influences on bloggers and blogging
on the intention to contribute to an individual blog, the perceptions related to creating such a common valuable good have not yet been focussed. Therefore, we introduce a new construct – the oeuvre of blogging – to better account for the notion of the blogosphere as a collective outcome.
Furthermore, we propose a research model to inquire the influence of individual and collective beliefs on the oeuvre in comparison to short-term blogging activity. We conducted an online survey with 509 international distributed bloggers to test our model. The results of our study provide support for the importance of an oeuvre construct to explain influences on bloggers and blogging
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ECIS 2012 Proceedings |
| Editors | Jan Pries-Heje, Mike Chiasson, Jonathan Wareham, Xavier Busquets, Josep Valor , Sandra Seiber |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Place of Publication | Atlanta, GA |
| Publisher | Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Chapter | Paper 110 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9788488971548 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 20th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2012 - Eade Business School, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain Duration: 10 Jun 2012 → 13 Jun 2012 Conference number: 20 http://www.ecis2012.eu/ |
Conference
| Conference | 20th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2012 |
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| Number | 20 |
| Location | Eade Business School, Ramon Llull University |
| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Barcelona |
| Period | 10/06/2012 → 13/06/2012 |
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| Series | Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems |
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| ISSN | 0000-0034 |