TITLE:
The Influence Factors of Collective Intelligence Emergence in Knowledge Communities Based on Social Network Analysis
AUTHORS:
Zhihong Li, Ya’nan Xu, Kexin Li
KEYWORDS:
Collective Intelligence, Knowledge Community, Social Network Analysis, Zhihu
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Intelligence Science,
Vol.9 No.1,
January
25,
2019
ABSTRACT: The advent of the age of Information shifts the environment we live in
from off-line to on-line. The prospect of Collective Intelligence (CI) is
promising. Based on this background, the aim of this paper is to discover the
emergence mechanism and influence factors of CI in knowledge communities using
the method of quantitative and qualitative analysis. On the basis of the
previous research work, our model theorizes that the two dimensions of social
network (i.e., interactive network
structure and participant’s characteristics) affect two references of
effectiveness (i.e. group knowledge
production and participation of group decision). And this hypothetical model is
validated with simulation data from “Zhihu” community. Our model has been
useful since it offers some inspirations and directions to promote the level of
CI in knowledge communities.