Catalyst: Triggering collective action with thresholds

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1211-1221

  Cheng, Justin ^a   Bernstein, Michael S ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation thresholds; Collective action; Critical mass

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COORDINATION REACTIONS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

ACTIVATION THRESHOLDS; COLLECTIVE ACTION; CRITICAL MASS; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; FOOD BANKS; ON DEMANDS; STUDY GROUPS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84899007737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2531602.2531635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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