Research on online lurker for essay,essays!

This is some research I did on Lurkers to contribute to my essay.

Online Lurkers

• Online lurkers are people who anonymously observed the online community and social media’s without actively contributing to it.
• They make up to a lot of today’s social media community.
• Constant lurking can lead to loneliness and extreme apathy and distantness.
•  Lurking can benefit to learning or E-learning.
• Overly Lurking can lead to desensitization or emotional distancing.
• Lurking is a type of free riding to take from a community and not contribute.
• Lurking online can also be positive for finding information fast and to understand the world quick by seeing what’s for example trending on twitter.
• Lurking can help who struggle to communicate gain perspective and further understanding on social situation.

 

 

 

 

 

Links to websites used for information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurker

http://www.think-progress.com/uk/en/tech-trends/mining-social-media-newsfeeds/