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The Growing Popularity of Online Communities: A Numerical Analysis
How membership, lurking and activity are counted for online communities, and why a large group is not the same thing as an engaged one.
Digital Life
Online Communities and Learning
Reading adoption stories about online groups, shopping and study.
The Growing Popularity of Online Education: A Numerical Analysis
How course enrolment and completion figures are interpreted, and why sign-up numbers tend to overstate how much people actually learn online.
The Growing Popularity of Online Shopping: A Numerical Analysis
How shopping habits shift towards online buying, and why share-of-sales figures depend heavily on which purchases and which sellers are included.
The Rise of E-Commerce Platforms: A Numerical Analysis of Adoption Rates
How large marketplace platforms shape sellers and buyers, and why adoption looks different from the viewpoint of a platform than from a small shop.
The Rise of E-Learning Platforms: A Numerical Analysis of Adoption Rates
How e-learning platforms are designed and evaluated, from content delivery to analytics, and why adoption of a tool differs from a shift in schooling.
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