The Influence Factors of Collective Intelligence Emergence in Knowledge Communities Based on Social Network Analysis
Open Access
- 1 January 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in International Journal of Intelligence Science
- Vol. 09 (01), 23-43
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ijis.2019.91002
Abstract
The advent of the age of Information shifts the environment we live in from off-line to on-line. The prospect of Collective Intelligence (CI) is promising. Based on this background, the aim of this paper is to discover the emergence mechanism and influence factors of CI in knowledge communities using the method of quantitative and qualitative analysis. On the basis of the previous research work, our model theorizes that the two dimensions of social network (i.e., interactive network structure and participant’s characteristics) affect two references of effectiveness (i.e. group knowledge production and participation of group decision). And this hypothetical model is validated with simulation data from “Zhihu” community. Our model has been useful since it offers some inspirations and directions to promote the level of CI in knowledge communities.Keywords
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