Appropriation and Creativity: User-Initiated Contests in Scratch
Published: Jan 1, 2011
Abstract
How do people motivate each other to participate in a peer production environment? This question is addressed through the study of user-initiated contests on the electronically mediated social network that surrounds the programming language Scratch. The users of Scratch, mainly youths, have created their own mechanisms to motivate and recognize creative achievement. Some wish to achieve popularity on the site by having their project posted on...
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Appropriation and Creativity: User-Initiated Contests in Scratch
Published Date
Jan 1, 2011
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