Dove, J. A., Eubanks, Dawn L., Panteli, N., Watts, L. A. and Joinson, A. N. (2011) Making an Entrance 2.0: The Linguistics of Introductory Success in Virtual Communities. In: 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii, Jan 4-7, 2011. Published in: Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences pp. 1-10.

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Abstract

Virtual communities depend on members, and more specifically new members, for their lifeblood. To become a member of a virtual community, one must introduce oneself to the group, and be accepted as a member. We present here a series of two
linguistic studies investigating newcomer introductions in seven Web 2.0 online communities. In the first study, we successfully developed a logistic regression model that differentiates introductions from random messages with 82.5% accuracy using 12 linguistic markers. In the second study we
correlated linguistic features of introductory messages with measures of their success. Increased usage of 1st person singular pronouns and past tense words in introductions was associated with greater success. Higher levels of first person plural and present tense words in introductions was associated with reduced success. Although these linguistic markers have effect across groups, there is evidence to suggest that some markers might vary between groups, depending on whether a dedicated introductions subforum is provided.

Item Type:	Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Publisher:	IEEE
Official Date:	2011
Page Range:	pp. 1-10
Identification Number:	10.1109/HICSS.2011.290
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Conference Paper Type:	Paper
Title of Event:	44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Type of Event:	Conference
Location of Event:	Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii
Date(s) of Event:	Jan 4-7, 2011
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/44512

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