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COM Research Seminar: Institutions and Collective Action in an Information Commons: The Case of China's Baidu Baike by Prof Kwan Nok CHAN
(POSTED: 2024-10-29 11:02 AM )
COM Research Seminar: COM Research Seminar: Institutions and Collective Action in an Information Commons: The Case of China's Baidu Baike by Prof Kwan Nok CHAN, Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong. Date & Time: 4 November 2024, 16:00 - 17:30. Venue: Multimedia Laboratory (M5055),5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, please click https://www.cityu.edu.hk/com/Public/AppForms/StI_AppForm.aspx?id=1148 to register for the seminar by 4 november 2024. Language: English. Abstract Current research has identified and typified a wide range of rules that affect the production and maintenance of shared resources. However, the resource implications of individual rule types and macro-level rule configurations are largely unknown. We test related propositions with a unique dataset tracking the user groups on Baidu Baike, China’s largest online encyclopedia. These groups are formed by volunteers who compose and edit articles as a team. Our analysis indicates that the introduction of missing types to the group’s rule set enhances their ability to produce articles. However, expanding existing rule types yields varied results: while adding more information and choice rules improves both the quantity and quality of the articles, the addition of aggregation and payoff rules has negative effects. We also discover that groups with a more diverse rule set tend to perform better, and frequent rule changes do not detract from their performance. These findings reveal how institutional choices influence overall resource conditions in self-governing information commons.. About the speaker: Professor Kwan Nok Chan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration and serves as the Assistant Dean (Teaching & Learning) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. His primary research focuses on the institutions that shape the consumption and distortion of information in various organizational settings. His current research investigates how bureaucrats manage information and the impacts of these institutions on their decision-making. Professor Chan's ongoing projects examine various aspects of bureaucratic control in authoritarian regimes, including administrative oversight, juridical intervention, internal reporting, and legislative decision-making. Professor Chan holds a PhD in Public Policy from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Department of Political Science at Indiana University Bloomington. For enquiries, please call 34428677.
Category:
Academic Seminar
Department:
Department of Media and Communication (COM)
Venue:
Multimedia Laboratory (M5055), 5/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
Start Date:
2024-11-04 16:00
End Date:
2024-11-04 17:30
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