Structural Differentiation in Social Media

1. Introduction
Sorin Adam Matei, Brian C. Britt

Part I. Structural Differentiation and Social Media: Theoretical Framework

2. Macro-Structural Perspectives on Social Differentiation and Organizational Evolution in Online Groups
Sorin Adam Matei, Brian C. Britt

3. Specifying a Wikipedia-Centric Explanatory Model for Online Group Evolution and Structural Differentiation
Sorin Adam Matei, Brian C. Britt

4. Social Structuration Online: Entropy and Social Systems
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5. Analytic Investigation of a Structural Differentiation Model for Social Media Production Groups
Sorin Adam Matei, Brian C. Britt

Part II. Configurational Change Phases and Motors in Online Collaboration

6. The Foundations of a Theoretical Model for Organizational Configurations and Change in Online Collaborative Processes
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7. Organizational Configurations and Configurational Change
Sorin Adam Matei, Brian C. Britt

8. A Synthesized Theoretical Framework for Motors Driving Organizational Configurational Change
Sorin Adam Matei, Brian C. Britt

9. Wikipedia Evolution: Trends and Phases
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10. Breakpoints and Concurrent Factors
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Part III. Future Theoretical and Practical Directions

11. Conclusions
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Avainsanat: Computer Science, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Media Sociology, Social Media, Communication Studies, Big Data/Analytics, Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks