Call for Papers [Special Topic]

Exploring Social Structure, Participation and Knowledge Dissemination within an Online Game Design Community
The special topic calls for papers on Exploring Social Structure, Participation and Knowledge Dissemination within an Online Game Design Community and such papers will appear in the journal Studies in Sociology of Science as a special column. 1
Affiliated research area: Social Ranks, Online Game Design Community, Multimethod Analysis Techniques, Information Dissemination, Participation

Description
The study explores social ranks, participations and knowledge dissemination within an online game design community. How social ranks have evolved and supported the overall participation over time is described. We doubt whether higher social rank members drive the community in terms of forming effective idea and knowledge sharing. A multi-method analys is technique using content analysis, qualitative interview, and server level quantitative data of users in Sploder.com can be used to draw a concrete conclusion.

Requirements
In addition to the Review and Original Articles by invited speakers, we are inviting you to submit a relevant research paper on Exploring Social Structure, Participation and Knowledge Dissemination within an Online Game Design Community for consideration. Papers will be subject to normal peer review and must comply with the Guide for Authors. To submit papers to the Exploring Social Structure, Participation and Knowledge Dissemination within an Online Game Design Community Special Topic, please go to http://www.cscanada.net. With your submission, please state clearly to the editor that your manuscripts are submitted to the Special Topic Exploring Social Structure, Participation and Knowledge Dissemination within an Online Game Design Community.

Related Conferences:
2006 IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Related Journals (Special issue):

Studies in Sociology of Science Communication journal

Related Articles:
Balancing Systematic and Flexible Exploration of Social Networks doi:10.1109

About The Journal

Studies in Sociology of Science (ISSN 1923-0176 [Print]; ISSN 1923-0184 [Online]) is a quarterly journal founded in 2010 by the Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures . The release dates of SSS are

the first days of March, June, September and December. Studies in Sociology of Science is indexed by DOAJ of Sweden, indexed by CNKI of China, indexed by Journal TOCs of England, indexed by Open J-gate of India. It is filed by Library and Archives Canada, Gale, EBSCO Publishing, Ulrich's of America, and collected by the database AMICUS of Canada, indexed by ProQuest LIC We sincerely welcome you to submit an article to this special column of our journal. For more information about requirements and instructions upon paper submission, please visit our websites. If you rightly have a manuscript in this field, please dont hesitate to write us an email with the subject of Submission for SSS Special Topic Exploring Social Structure, Participation and Knowledge Dissemination within an Online Game Design Community 2 (http://cscanada.net/users/index.php/index/login). We look forward to your submission at sss@cscanada.net or sss@cscanada.org! More detailed information about the special topic, pertinent conferences, related journals (special issue) and relevant articles can be discovered from our websites: http://www.cscanada.net or http://cscanada.net/index.php/sss/announcement/view/56

Studies in Sociology of Science (SSS)

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