Abstract
This study explores the changes in moral orientation and the communicative practices that are used within a virtual community during discussion regarding the prospects of a listed Australian company experiencing abnormal volume and stock price activity. The results indicate that communicative practices and moral orientation change markedly over time and are associated with changes in market volume and share price volatility. Our analysis highlights how a financial Internet discussion site is used for both communicative and strategic action, and how these acts relate to apparent attempts by community members to make sense of conflicting information in an uncertain and dynamic decision-making environment
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the fourteenth Australasian conference on information systems |
| Editors | Javen Ang, Shirlee-Ann Knight |
| Place of Publication | Australia |
| Publisher | Association for Information Systems |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780729805441 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Fourteenth Australasian conference on information systems: ACIS 2003 - Perth, Australia Duration: 26 Nov 2003 → 28 Nov 2003 |
Conference
| Conference | Fourteenth Australasian conference on information systems |
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| Country | Australia |
| City | Perth |
| Period | 26/11/03 → 28/11/03 |
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Campbell, J., & Cecez-Kecmanovic, D. (2003). An exploratory study of communicative ethics in a virtual community. In J. Ang, & S-A. Knight (Eds.), Proceedings of the fourteenth Australasian conference on information systems (pp. 1-10). Australia: Association for Information Systems.