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Introduction

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction (outline)

• A Personal Interest

This may be irrelevant or of little direct relevance. Ignore it for now.

• The Purpose of this Research Study

- What is/are your research question/s?

• Background to the Research

List the essential elements of the research in terms of background. So, what are the aspects of background you're going to focus on?

• The Character of Maltese Music + Birmingham? + Pompey?
• Wikimedia Foundation
• The Need for Archiving Popular Culture
• Mediated Memories
• what else?

• An Overview of the Chapters

Chapter 2: A Closer Look at the Elements of This Study (literature review)

- identify the areas from chapter 1 that you'll be focusing on.

ONE AREA: Situating Collaboration (what is collaboration? what models of collaboration are there?)

• Defining Collaboration
• Collaboration vs Cooperation
• Online Collaboration
• Tools for Collaboration
• Web 2.0
• Crowd Sourcing

ANOTHER AREA? Communities of Practice

• Defining Communities of Practice
• The Domain
• The Community
• The Practice
• Managing Knowledge
• Sharing Knowledge
• Online Communities of Practice

Chapter 3: The research approach/s taken in this study (Methodology)

- how are you going to address your research question/s

Chapter 4: Critical aspects of collaboration (how collaboration works/fails)

• Defining Motivation
• Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
• Online Participation
• Incentives and Rewards
• Strategies for Enabling Collaboration (Fruitful/Productive Collaboration)

Chapter 5: Online Collaborative Cultural Memory Projects

• The Malta Music Memory Project (M3P)
• The Birmingham Popular Music Archive
• Pompey Pop
• Bristol - Archiving Pop Music
• Small Collaborative Projects about Maltese Music on other Social Media Sites