Outputs (16)

Knowledge fixation and accretion: Longitudinal analysis of a social question-answering site (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate longitudinal features of an established social question-answering (Q&A) site to study how question-answer resources and other community features change ov... Read More about Knowledge fixation and accretion: Longitudinal analysis of a social question-answering site.

Evaluating and enriching online knowledge exchange: A socio-epistemological perspective (2012)
Book Chapter

We apply approaches from social epistemology and social psychology to the study of knowledge in online communities. We first provide a descriptive analysis of knowledge behaviours informed by social psychology and in particular Arie Kruglanski’s lay... Read More about Evaluating and enriching online knowledge exchange: A socio-epistemological perspective.

A real-world mobile interaction design task (2011)
Journal Article

Sociable knowledge sharing online: Philosophy, patterns and intervention (2010)
Journal Article

Purpose – This paper seeks to outline a social epistemological and ethical warrant for engaging in knowledge exchange on the social web, and to emphasise sociocognitive and emotional factors behind motivation and credibility in communities supported... Read More about Sociable knowledge sharing online: Philosophy, patterns and intervention.

A Malawian school library: Culture, literacy and reader development (2010)
Journal Article

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the success and suitability of a Western-donated school library in furthering the aims of literacy and reader development in Malawi. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative, case study approach was taken usi... Read More about A Malawian school library: Culture, literacy and reader development.

Library and Information Management at the University of the West of England (2010)
Journal Article

Introduction to a special issue of ASLIB Proceedings (Vol 62, 2010) on library and information studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol.