用户生成内容UGC外文文献Stages of motivation for contributing user-generated content A theory and empirical test.pdf

Int. J. Human-Computer Studies 109 (2018) 89–101 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Human-Computer Studies journal homepage: /locate/ijhcs Stages of motivation for contributing user-generated content: A theory and empirical test , Kevin Crowston a ∗, Isabelle Fagnot b a Syracuse University, School of Information Studies, 348 Hinds Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA b Audencia Business School, 8 Route de la Jonelière, 44300 Nantes France a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Keywords: User-generated content (UGC) projects involve large numbers of mostly unpaid contributors collaborating to User-generated content create content. Motivation for such contributions has been an active area of research. In prior research, motivation Motivation for contribution to UGC has been considered a single, static and individual phenomenon. In this paper, we argue Wikipedia that it is instead three separate but interrelated phenomena. Using the theory of helping behaviour as a framework Helping behaviour and integrating social movement theory, we propose a stage theory that distinguishes three separate sets (initial, sustained and meta) of motivations for participation in UGC. We test this theory using a data set from a Wikimedia Editor Survey (Wikimedia Foundation, 2011). The result