Social contact

Combining tasks to do within a community with social interaction. This can increase members’ willingness to contribute, especially if the tasks are tedious. (Chapter 2, p. 42)*

*Terms defined for the Nurturing Online Communities (NOC) course include a chapter reference to the course text Building Successful Online Communities by Kraut and Resnick.

Citation: Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. (2025) CSCCE Glossary: Nurturing Online Communities. Santistevan, Pratt, and Woodley doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17137478

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