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Caroline Haythornthwaite

Caroline Haythornthwaite

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Computer Science

D-Index
53
Citations
20541
World Ranking
4690
National Ranking
2178

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
53
Citations
20627
World Ranking
2230
National Ranking
1075

Overview

Caroline Haythornthwaite is affiliated with Syracuse University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily situated in social sciences and computer science, with a focus on communication, information systems, sociology and political science, education, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The main research topics pursued by Haythornthwaite include expert finding and Q&A systems, wikis in education and collaboration, online and blended learning, software engineering research, misinformation and its impacts, complex network analysis techniques, and hate speech and cyberbullying detection.

Haythornthwaite has published in various scholarly venues. Among the frequent publication channels are:

  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
  • Social Media + Society
  • The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Learning

Recent papers by Haythornthwaite include:

  • "Learning with Comments: An Analysis of Comments and Community on Stack Overflow" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • "Coding and Classifying Knowledge Exchange on Social Media: a Comparative Analysis of the #Twitterstorians and AskHistorians Communities" (2020), published in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
  • "Moderation, Networks, and Anti-Social Behavior Online" (2023), published in Social Media + Society
  • "Online Social Networking" (2024), published in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  • "Social Media as Fragile State" (2024), published in Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Frequent collaborators include Anatoliy Gruzd, Subhasree Sengupta, Priya Kumar, Deena Abul-Fottouh, and Philip Mai. Notably, Anatoliy Gruzd has coauthored multiple works with Haythornthwaite.

Best Publications

  • Studying Online Social Networks

    Laura Garton;Caroline Haythornthwaite;Barry Wellman

  • Social networks and Internet connectivity effects

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Computer Networks as Social Networks: Collaborative Work, Telework, and Virtual Community

    Barry Wellman;Janet Salaff;Dimitrina Dimitrova;Laura Garton

  • The Internet in everyday life

    Barry Wellman;Caroline A. Haythornthwaite

  • Social network analysis: An approach and technique for the study of information exchange☆

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Strong, Weak, and Latent Ties and the Impact of New Media.

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Community Development Among Distance Learners: Temporal and Technological Dimensions

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Michelle M. Kazmer;Jennifer Robins;Susan Shoemaker

  • Work, friendship, and media use for information exchange in a networked organization

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Barry Wellman

  • The Internet in Everyday Life: An Introduction

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Haythornthwaite Wellman

  • E-learning Theory and Practice

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Richard N.L. Andrews

  • Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Online Personal Networks Size, Composition and Media Use among Distance Learners

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Motivation for Open Collaboration: Crowd and Community Models and the Case of OpenStreetMap

    Nama R. Budhathoki;Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Open Learning Analytics: an integrated modularized platform

    George Siemens;Dragan Gašević;Caroline Haythornthwaite;Shane Dawson

  • Crowds and communities: Light and heavyweight models of peer production

    Caroline A. Haythornthwaite

  • Studying On-Line Social Networks

    Laura Garton;Caroline Haythornthwaite;Barry Wellman

  • Building Virtual Communities: Building Social Networks Via Computer Networks: Creating and Sustaining Distributed Learning Communities

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  • The SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research

    Caroline Haythornthwaite;Richard Andrews;Jude Fransman;Eric M. Meyers

  • FACILITATING COLLABORATION IN ONLINE LEARNING

    Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • Enabling Community Through Social Media

    Anatoliy Gruzd;Caroline Haythornthwaite

  • The strength and the impact of new media

    C. Haythornthwaite

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry Wellman
Barry Wellman University of Toronto
Shane Dawson
Shane Dawson University of South Australia
Bertram C. Bruce
Bertram C. Bruce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Geoffrey C. Bowker
Geoffrey C. Bowker University of California, Irvine
Simon Buckingham Shum
Simon Buckingham Shum University of Technology Sydney
Dragan Gasevic
Dragan Gasevic Monash University
Joseph F. Porac
Joseph F. Porac New York University
Nicholas C. Burbules
Nicholas C. Burbules University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel D. Suthers
Daniel D. Suthers University of Hawaii at Manoa
Blaise Cronin
Blaise Cronin Indiana University

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