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Type Conference or Workshop Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Published in Proceedings Yes
Title Cooperation technology and timeliness of information: Comparing travelbooks, wikis and online communities
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Felix-Robinson Aschoff
  • Marco Prestipino
  • Gerhard Schwabe
Presentation Type paper
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Page Range 2271 - 2282
Event Title 15th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
Event Type conference
Event Location St. Gallen
Event Start Date June 7 - 2007
Event End Date June 9 - 2007
Place of Publication Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
Abstract Text Based on an information systems metaphor for virtual communities this paper discusses up-todateness as one crucial factor of travel information quality. Two empirical studies are presented which show that the up-to-dateness of information in travelbooks, wikis and in forum communities does not differ systematically. Based on this empirical evidence we focus on understanding the factors influencing the up-to-dateness of the three media. We propose a framework with three determining factors: 1) the initial up-to-dateness at the time the information is first available for the user 2) the information volatility in a certain domain and 3) the length of the revision cycles. From these factors we hypothesize a) that the initial up-to-dateness is best in travelbooks and worst in forums and b) that the revision cycle is shortest in forums and longest in travelbooks. Since wikis come close the initial up-to-dateness of travelbooks and its revision cycle is almost as short as in forums, we finally argue why we believe wikis to be the most up-to-date medium in the long run.
Official URL http://is2.lse.ac.uk/asp/aspecis/20070008.pdf
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