Characteristics of Peer Production
From Peer Production and Commons Theory Course
- Chapter editor: Michel Bauwens and/or Axel Burns and/or Felix Stadler
- Distributed networks / comparison with other models, topologies
- Autonomy
- No forced cohesion
- Asynchronous
- Meritocracy (Felix Stadler)
- Modularity & Granularity
Comments and suggestions
Inputs: Fuster Morell, M. (2010). Participation in Online Creation Communities: Ecosystemic Participation?. The politics of open source. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JITP). 6 & 7 May 2010. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Availeble at http://politicsofopensource.jitp.net/sites/politicsofopensource.jitp.net/files/papers/Fuster_1.pdf
