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Issues in Information Systems, 2022
This study examines the social-digital behaviors of online communities through the experience of ... more This study examines the social-digital behaviors of online communities through the experience of building an online mandala. The article provides historical background to ancient practice of sand painting, or mandala, as a social phenomenon through its evolution to online application and participation via the social media app, Reddit, and their r/place digital mandala creation experiences hosted in 2017 and again in 2022. The methodology employed for the study was agile ethnography. Data analysis affirmed that Reddit remains a nexus for individuals to communicate and experience authentic human connection through digital format. Further, data analysis revealed interesting points regarding the communication initiation-response phenomenon with comparison of similarity and difference behaviors between the 2017 and 2022 experiences, evolution of the community experience in the construction of the digital mandalas by r/place subgroups, and the emergence of collaborative and chaotic evil, good and neutral participants, and groups. The study also provides ideas for future socio-digital research.
Issues in Information Systems, 2022
This study examines the social-digital behaviors of online communities through the experience of ... more This study examines the social-digital behaviors of online communities through the experience of building an online mandala. The article provides historical background to ancient practice of sand painting, or mandala, as a social phenomenon through its evolution to online application and participation via the social media app, Reddit, and their r/place digital mandala creation experiences hosted in 2017 and again in 2022. The methodology employed for the study was agile ethnography. Data analysis affirmed that Reddit remains a nexus for individuals to communicate and experience authentic human connection through digital format. Further, data analysis revealed interesting points regarding the communication initiation-response phenomenon with comparison of similarity and difference behaviors between the 2017 and 2022 experiences, evolution of the community experience in the construction of the digital mandalas by r/place subgroups, and the emergence of collaborative and chaotic evil, good and neutral participants, and groups. The study also provides ideas for future socio-digital research.