Another Researcher at H2G2
Hi ,
My name is Madhur Khandelwal, and I am a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, USA). I am interested in studying the H2G2 community for a class project, alongwith two other students: Arvind and Britt.
I'm interested in exploring questions like:
- there are criteria for what is acceptable into the edited guide and what is not. how are these determined? are they revised, and if so, how and with whose content?
- how successful (in terms of generating interesting knowledge, not encyclopedic knowledge) are the two divisions of the site? how do people decide where to contribute, and what kind of things do they write about?
- what kinds of users exist? do they see h2g2 (also called hootoo, btw!) as a place to hangout and talk to friends? as a live journal kind of experience? do they essentially see it as a place to write in? are these kinds of activities combined, and if so, how?
- what are the kinds of people who frequent this place? why?
- how do people navigate affiliation to an organization such as the bbc, which hosts similar communities?
- why is the place interesting at all? do we see similar patterns of behavior on, say, wikipedia?
You can also email me if you want to share something interesting (an event or its insight), preferably if it happened in your presence.
If you have any questions or concerns about the study, further information can be found at http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2005/cs6470_spring/researchstudy/. We can also be contacted through e-mail at: [email protected]
Thank you for your cooperation.
-- Madhur Khandelwal (madhur[AT]cc[.]gatech[.]edu)
And, oh yes: 1*2+97-53-4 = 42!
A note about ethical issues: This project is being conducted for a class assignment only. the correspondence with others will be coded to not give out the researchers' site names. the information gathered will only be discussed in class and the data will thereafter be destroyed.
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| Hi Madhur | Mar 29, 2005 |
| welcome to h2g2 'blackholesgravity'... | Feb 23, 2005 |
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| Hi | No Posting | Oct 18, 2010 |
| What is h2g2's place in Internet-Land? | No Posting | May 23, 2007 |
| This article needs serious rewriting | Feb 6, 2005 | Feb 14, 2006 |
| Peer Review: A3625274 - pune | Feb 6, 2005 | Apr 5, 2005 |
| Hi Madhur | Mar 4, 2005 | Mar 29, 2005 |
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