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Search delegation, synthesists and expertise on social media (2014)
Journal Article
Matthews, P. (2014). Search delegation, synthesists and expertise on social media. LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal, 24(2), 97-107

Background. Social media often adds a layer of intermediation between sources and information consumer, with users outsourcing some of the information work to others. Social media “synthesists” have been identified as a group of volunteer information... Read More about Search delegation, synthesists and expertise on social media.

Knowledge fixation and accretion: Longitudinal analysis of a social question-answering site (2014)
Journal Article
Matthews, P. (2014). Knowledge fixation and accretion: Longitudinal analysis of a social question-answering site. Journal of Documentation, 70(5), 711-733. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2013-0050

© 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.