Scientific Foundations: A Case for Technology- Mediated Social- Participation Theory
Robert E. Kraut, Mary Lou Maher, Judith Olson, Thomas W. Malone, Peter L. T. Pirolli, John Charles Thomas · Computer · 2010
Technology-mediated social-participation systems, such as Wikipedia and TopCoder, allow a vast user base to collaborate to solve difficult problems. TMSP could be applied to many current social issues, but doing so requires new theory and infrastructure for social design.