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The Strength of Weak Cooperation:an Attempt to Understand the Meaning of Web 2.0

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  • Cardon, Dominique
  • Cardon, Christophe

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This paper examines some continuities and ruptures in the use of Web 2.0 such as blogs, social media, user-generated content services etc. vis-à-vis earlier web services. We hypothesize that one of the sociological characteristics of Web 2.0 services is that making personal production public creates a new articulation between individualism and solidarity, which reveals the strength of weak cooperation. Web 2.0 services allow individual contributors to experience cooperation ex post. The strength of the weak cooperation arises from the fact that it is not necessary for individuals to have an ex ante cooperative action plan or altruistic intention. They discover cooperative opportunities only by making public their individual production. The paper illustrates this phenomenon by analysing the uses of different services and by looking at the new process of innovation that appears through Barcamp and Coworking spaces.

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  • Cardon, Dominique & Cardon, Christophe, 2007. "The Strength of Weak Cooperation:an Attempt to Understand the Meaning of Web 2.0," MPRA Paper 4581, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:4581
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    1. Berg, Sebastian & Hofmann, Jeanette, 2021. "Digital democracy," Internet Policy Review: Journal on Internet Regulation, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, vol. 10(4), pages 1-23.
    2. Jean Samuel Beuscart & Kevin Mellet, 2008. "Business Models of the Web 2.0: Advertising or The Tale of Two Stories," Post-Print hal-03459866, HAL.
    3. Luisa Massari, 2010. "Analysis of MySpace user profiles," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 12(4), pages 361-367, September.
    4. Paris Chrysos, 2011. "An organisational design approach of business environments: the case of Barcamps milieu in Paris," Post-Print halshs-00796937, HAL.
    5. Berg, Sebastian & Hofmann, Jeanette, 2022. "Democracia Digital," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, issue Número Es, pages 1-26.
    6. Berg, Sebastian & Hofmann, Jeanette, 2021. "Digital democracy," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 10(4), pages 1-23.
    7. Jean Samuel Beuscart & Kevin Mellet, 2008. "Business Models of the Web 2.0: Advertising or The Tale of Two Stories," Sciences Po publications info:hdl:2441/1u4ael0gba8, Sciences Po.
    8. Kirsti Maria Ala-Mutka, 2009. "Review of Learning in ICT-enabled Networks and Communities," JRC Research Reports JRC52394, Joint Research Centre.
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    Keywords

    Web 2.0; weak cooperation; BarCamp;
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    JEL classification:

    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
    • K29 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Other

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