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Nathan TeBlunthuis examines how online communities thrive together

Nathan TeBlunthuis examines how online communities thrive together

Update: 2024-09-16
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In this episode of Information Changes Everything, we explore why online communities on platforms like Reddit and Facebook often thrive together rather than compete. NathanTeBlunthuis, a computational social scientist, shares his research using concepts from organizational ecology to reveal that overlapping communities frequently support each other instead of clashing. He also shares the implications of these findings for understanding digital media and designing better online spaces. To watch the full video of this 2023 talk click here.
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Nathan TeBlunthuis examines how online communities thrive together

Nathan TeBlunthuis examines how online communities thrive together

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