A new perspective on "community" and its implications for computer-mediated communication systems
A new perspective on "community" and its implications for computer-mediated communication systems
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“社区”的新视角及其对计算机介导的通信系统的影响
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2006
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A. Bruckman
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A. Bruckman
长期以来，学者们一直在争论“社区”的本质，而基于互联网的交流和“在线社区”的增长加剧了这一争论。本文认为，从一个新的角度来看待“社区”这个概念，可以对这个问题有所启发。认知科学的观点，尤其是范畴理论，可以提供帮助。我认为社区可以被视为一个基于原型的类别。基于原型的分类不是由简单的包含和排除规则定义的，而是由它们的原型成员定义的——知更鸟比鸸鹋或企鹅更适合作为鸟类的例子。一个类别中的物品是该类别的更好或更差的例子，这取决于它们与原型成员的相似程度。我认为这些理论见解可以帮助解决关于社区本质的争论，也可以帮助指导计算机媒介通信（CMC）系统的设计者。
Scholars have long argued about the nature of "community," and the growth of Internet-based communication and "online communities" has intensified this debate. This paper argues that a new perspective on the concept "community" can shed light on the subject. Ideas from cognitive science, particularly category theory, can help. I suggest that community can be viewed as a prototype-based category. Prototype-based categories are defined not by simple rules of inclusion and exclusion, but instead by their prototypical members--a robin is a better example of a bird than an emu or a penguin. Items in a category are better or worse examples of the category depending on their degree of similarity to the prototypical members. I will argue that these theoretical insights can help resolve debates about the nature of community, and also can help guide designers of computer-mediated communication (CMC) systems.