论文标题
机构的相似性推动了在线社区之间的文化相似性
Institutional Similarity Drives Cultural Similarity among Online Communities
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论文摘要
了解在线社区需要对结构和文化表示赞赏。但是基本问题仍然很难提出。这些方面如何相互作用并互相驱动？使用有关5,000个小规模在线社区的成员和治理风格的数据，我们构建了制度结构和文化中跨职业相似性的经验措施，以探索制度环境对其文化的影响以及文化对其制度环境的影响。为了建立文化和机构对彼此的影响，我们构建了社区网络，将其成员或治理更相似的社区网络联系起来。然后，我们使用网络分析来评估共享文化与机构之间的因果关系。我们的结果表明，尽管这两个方向的影响都是显而易见的，但机构在文化上的作用比在制度上的文化要强得多。这些过程在行政和信息类型规则中很明显。
Understanding online communities requires an appreciation of both structure and culture. But basic questions remain difficult to pose. How do these facets interact and drive each other? Using data on the membership and governance styles of 5,000 small-scale online communities, we construct empirical measures for cross-server similarities in institutional structure and culture to explore the influence of institutional environment on their culture, and the influence of culture on their institutional environment. To establish the influence of culture and institutions on each other, we construct networks of communities, linking those that are more similar either in their members or governance. We then use network analysis to assess the causal relationships between shared culture and institutions. Our result shows that while effects in both directions are evident, there is a much stronger role for institutions on culture than culture on institutions. These processes are evident within administrative and informational type rules.
