Noriko Hara
Biographic Data
| ID | 284917 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Noriko Hara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Noriko |
| FAMILY NAME | Hara |
| SIGNATURE | HARA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1915-1434 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Theoretical framework for technology-mediated public engagement with science
Exploring how a YouTube channel’s political stance is associated with early Covid-19 communication on YouTube
The unexpected chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a host of political discussions in the US, including conversations about the Trump administration’s COVID-related policies. During these conversations, major news outlets represented each political group’s stance using social media in addition to their traditional channels. This study explores how those news outlets’ political stances relate to early COVID-19 social media discourse with …
Tweeting on thin ice: Scientists in dialogic climate change communication with the public
This study examines the dynamics of interactions between climate scientists and the public on Twitter, utilizing a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. It explores scientists' tweets, public responses, and the factors influencing the "two-way" interactions and engagement with climate change issues. The findings indicate that scientists' personal disclosures and discussions of their professional lives significantly influence public…
Public Science in a Wired World: How Online Media Are Shaping Science Communication
Co-constructing controversy: Content analysis of collaborative knowledge negotiation in online communities
Knowledge sharing online has flourished within organizations as well as open online communities due to the pervasiveness of Web 2.0 platforms. This paper builds on previous studies of social construction of knowledge online and investigates how contributors in online communities collaboratively share and construct controversial scientific knowledge. As the general public participates in such knowledge collaboration, understanding the processes th…
Social construction of knowledge in Wikipedia
This paper investigates how knowledge is constructed collaboratively in a crowd-sourced environment. More specifically, the study presented in this paper empirically analyzes online discussions in regard to Wikipedia entries on the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster that occurred in March 2011 in Japan. For this study, we examined the encyclopedia articles in both the English and Japanese versions of Wikipedia. The findings indicate similarit…
(Re)Inventing the Internet: Critical Case Studies
Beyond vandalism: Wikipedia trolls
Research on trolls is scarce, but their activities challenge online communities; one of the main challenges of the Wikipedia community is to fight against vandalism and trolls. This study identifies Wikipedia trolls’ behaviours and motivations, and compares and contrasts hackers with trolls; it extends our knowledge about this type of vandalism and concludes that Wikipedia trolls are one type of hacker. This study reports that boredom, attention …
Internet use for political mobilization: Voices of participants
The Internet has been used extensively for U.S. presidential election campaigns since the year 2000. In 2004, Internet campaigning grew to be more interactive than in previous years. The question of whether or not the Internet is making a difference in political outcomes has become noteworthy, and research efforts have examined political campaigns via websites, characteristics of the politically active population, and roles of the media. Among va…
Revising the Conceptualization of Computerization Movements
One interesting problem arising from Kling and Iacono’s pioneering work on \ncomputerization movements (CMs) is the question of empirically determining a \nmovement’s success or failure. This paper questions the question and argues that \nit is based on two assumptions that upon closer examination seem problematic. \nThe first is that Kling and Iaconco’s concept of a CM is sufficient to cover the \nrange of CMs. Their approach to CMs is explicate…
Internet politics: A comparative analysis of U.S. and South Korea presidential campaigns
To investigate the role of information and computer technologies (ICTs) in political campaigns, this paper discusses three areas of influence in particular (fundraising, civic participation, and e-mobilization), identifying similarities and differences between the U.S. and South Korea. The result of our analysis shows that the impact of the Internet on the two presidential elections differed in all three areas. The Internet provides ordinary citi…
Hate and peace in a connected world: Comparing MoveOn and Stormfront
What part does the Internet play in social mobilization? The Internet has been hailed as a great potential force to enrich a civil society. Many authors have claimed that the Internet would mobilize grassroots activities. By scrutinizing two particular grassroots activities and their use of the Internet, this article sheds light on conceptualizing the use of the information and communication technologies (ICTs) in mobilizing grassroots activities…
Community of Practice: A Metaphor for Online Design
This article examines four cases and identifies several issues associated with the concept of communities of practice. These cases describe different forms of communities of practice in various settings including consulting firms and legal firms. After introducing these cases, we address several issues that emerged from these cases and the research literature. First, we caution against the tendency to romanticize the communities of practice const…
Student Distress in a Web-Based Distance Education Course
Many advocates of computer-mediated distance education emphasize its positive aspects and understate the kinds of communicative and technical capabilities and work required by students and faculty. There are few systematic analytical studies of students who have experienced new technologies in higher education. This article presents a qualitative case study of a small graduate-level web-based distance education course at a major US university.Thi…
Students' frustrations with a Web-based distance education course
Many advocates of computer-mediated distance education emphasize its positive aspects and understate the kind of work that it requires for students and faculty. This article presents a qualitative case study of a Web-based distance education course at a major U.S. university. The case data reveal a taboo topic: students' persistent frustrations in Web-based distance education. First, this paper will analyze why these negative phenomena are not fo…
Community of Practice: A Metaphor for Online Design
This article examines four cases and identifies several issues associated with the concept of communities of practice. These cases describe different forms of communities of practice in various settings including consulting firms and legal firms. After introducing these cases, we address several issues that emerged from these cases and the research literature. First, we caution against the tendency to romanticize the communities of practice const…
Public Science in a Wired World: How Online Media Are Shaping Science Communication
Revising the Conceptualization of Computerization Movements
One interesting problem arising from Kling and Iacono’s pioneering work on \ncomputerization movements (CMs) is the question of empirically determining a \nmovement’s success or failure. This paper questions the question and argues that \nit is based on two assumptions that upon closer examination seem problematic. \nThe first is that Kling and Iaconco’s concept of a CM is sufficient to cover the \nrange of CMs. Their approach to CMs is explicate…
Students' frustrations with a Web-based distance education course
Many advocates of computer-mediated distance education emphasize its positive aspects and understate the kind of work that it requires for students and faculty. This article presents a qualitative case study of a Web-based distance education course at a major U.S. university. The case data reveal a taboo topic: students' persistent frustrations in Web-based distance education. First, this paper will analyze why these negative phenomena are not fo…
Student Distress in a Web-Based Distance Education Course
Many advocates of computer-mediated distance education emphasize its positive aspects and understate the kinds of communicative and technical capabilities and work required by students and faculty. There are few systematic analytical studies of students who have experienced new technologies in higher education. This article presents a qualitative case study of a small graduate-level web-based distance education course at a major US university.Thi…
Hate and peace in a connected world: Comparing MoveOn and Stormfront
What part does the Internet play in social mobilization? The Internet has been hailed as a great potential force to enrich a civil society. Many authors have claimed that the Internet would mobilize grassroots activities. By scrutinizing two particular grassroots activities and their use of the Internet, this article sheds light on conceptualizing the use of the information and communication technologies (ICTs) in mobilizing grassroots activities…
Community of Practice: A Metaphor for Online Design
This article examines four cases and identifies several issues associated with the concept of communities of practice. These cases describe different forms of communities of practice in various settings including consulting firms and legal firms. After introducing these cases, we address several issues that emerged from these cases and the research literature. First, we caution against the tendency to romanticize the communities of practice const…
Internet politics: A comparative analysis of U.S. and South Korea presidential campaigns
To investigate the role of information and computer technologies (ICTs) in political campaigns, this paper discusses three areas of influence in particular (fundraising, civic participation, and e-mobilization), identifying similarities and differences between the U.S. and South Korea. The result of our analysis shows that the impact of the Internet on the two presidential elections differed in all three areas. The Internet provides ordinary citi…
Internet use for political mobilization: Voices of participants
The Internet has been used extensively for U.S. presidential election campaigns since the year 2000. In 2004, Internet campaigning grew to be more interactive than in previous years. The question of whether or not the Internet is making a difference in political outcomes has become noteworthy, and research efforts have examined political campaigns via websites, characteristics of the politically active population, and roles of the media. Among va…
Revising the Conceptualization of Computerization Movements
One interesting problem arising from Kling and Iacono’s pioneering work on \ncomputerization movements (CMs) is the question of empirically determining a \nmovement’s success or failure. This paper questions the question and argues that \nit is based on two assumptions that upon closer examination seem problematic. \nThe first is that Kling and Iaconco’s concept of a CM is sufficient to cover the \nrange of CMs. Their approach to CMs is explicate…
Beyond vandalism: Wikipedia trolls
Research on trolls is scarce, but their activities challenge online communities; one of the main challenges of the Wikipedia community is to fight against vandalism and trolls. This study identifies Wikipedia trolls’ behaviours and motivations, and compares and contrasts hackers with trolls; it extends our knowledge about this type of vandalism and concludes that Wikipedia trolls are one type of hacker. This study reports that boredom, attention …
(Re)Inventing the Internet: Critical Case Studies
Social construction of knowledge in Wikipedia
This paper investigates how knowledge is constructed collaboratively in a crowd-sourced environment. More specifically, the study presented in this paper empirically analyzes online discussions in regard to Wikipedia entries on the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster that occurred in March 2011 in Japan. For this study, we examined the encyclopedia articles in both the English and Japanese versions of Wikipedia. The findings indicate similarit…
Co-constructing controversy: Content analysis of collaborative knowledge negotiation in online communities
Knowledge sharing online has flourished within organizations as well as open online communities due to the pervasiveness of Web 2.0 platforms. This paper builds on previous studies of social construction of knowledge online and investigates how contributors in online communities collaboratively share and construct controversial scientific knowledge. As the general public participates in such knowledge collaboration, understanding the processes th…
Public Science in a Wired World: How Online Media Are Shaping Science Communication
Exploring how a YouTube channel’s political stance is associated with early Covid-19 communication on YouTube
The unexpected chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a host of political discussions in the US, including conversations about the Trump administration’s COVID-related policies. During these conversations, major news outlets represented each political group’s stance using social media in addition to their traditional channels. This study explores how those news outlets’ political stances relate to early COVID-19 social media discourse with …
Tweeting on thin ice: Scientists in dialogic climate change communication with the public
This study examines the dynamics of interactions between climate scientists and the public on Twitter, utilizing a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. It explores scientists' tweets, public responses, and the factors influencing the "two-way" interactions and engagement with climate change issues. The findings indicate that scientists' personal disclosures and discussions of their professional lives significantly influence public…
Theoretical framework for technology-mediated public engagement with science
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Public relations (9 works) · The Internet (7 works) · World Wide Web (7 works) · Social Media and Politics (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)