Online Public Engagement with Science

Hara, N. (2026). Theoretical framework for technology-mediated public engagement with science. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

Hara, N., Kim, E., Akter, S., & Miyazaki, K. (2025). Exploring the dynamics of interaction about Generative Artificial Intelligence between experts and the public on Social Media. Journal of Science Communication, JCOM 24(01), A02.

Chae, S., Hara, N., Shiroiya, H., Chen, J., & Ogihara, E. (2024). Being vulnerable with viewers: Exploring how medical YouTubers communicated about COVID-19 with the public. PLoS ONE.

Casiraghi , L., Kim, E., & Hara, N. (2024). Tweeting on thin ice: Scientists in dialogic climate change communication with the public. First Monday, 29(6). 

Kim, E., & Hara, N. (2024). Identifying Different Semantic Features of Public Engagement with Climate Change NGOs Using Semantic Network Analysis. Sustainability, 16(4), 1438.

Chae, S. W., & Hara, N. (2023). Exploring how a YouTube channel’s political stance is associated with early COVID-19 discourse in YouTube comments. Information, Communication & Society, 27(3), 618–644.

Tang, Y., Hew, K. F., Abbazio, J. M., & Hara, N. (2021). Exploration of Social Cues in Large Public Engagement in Science: A Multidiscipline Analysis on “Ask Me Anything (AMA)’ Sessions in Reddit r/science. PLoS ONE.

Knox, E., & Hara, N. (2021). Public Engagement with Science via Social Media: A Case of Communicating the Pandemic on Twitter. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Association for Information Science and Technology, 58(1), 759–761.

Hara, N., McKay, C., & Chen, H. (2021). Investigating Mediated Public Engagement with Science on the “Science” Subreddit: From the Participants’ Perspective. PLoS ONE.

Hara, N., & Frieh, E. (2019). How knowledge contributors are legitimizing their posts on a controversial scientific topic: A case of MMR vaccination. First Monday, 24(11).

Hara, N., & Abbazio, J. M., Perkins, K. (2019). Emerging form of science communication: Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit. PLoS ONE.

Davies, S., & Hara, N. (Eds.). (2017). Introduction to Public science in a wired world: How online media are changing science communication. Science Communication, 39(5), 563–568.

Hara, N., & Sanfilippo, M. R. (2017). Analysis of Roles in Engaging Contentious Online Discussions in Science. Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology.

Hara, N., & Sanfilippo, M. R. (2016). Co-constructing controversy: Content analysis of collaborative knowledge negotiation in online communities. Information, Communication & Society, 19(11), 1587-1604.

Hara, N., & Doney, J. (2015). Social construction of knowledge in Wikipedia. First Monday, 20(6).

Knowledge Collaboration

Hara, N., & Chen, H., Ynalvez, M. (2017). Using egocentric analysis to investigate professional networks and productivity of graduate students and faculty in life sciences in Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan. PLoS ONE.

Hara, N., & Fichman, P. (2014). Frameworks for understanding knowledge sharing in open online communities: Boundaries and boundary crossing. In P. Fichman & H. Rosenbaum (Eds), Social Informatics: Past, Present and Future. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Hara, N., Shachaf, P., & Hew, K. F. (2010). Cross-cultural analysis of the Wikipedia community. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 61(10), 2097-2108.

Hara, N. (2009). Communities of Practice: Fostering Peer-to-Peer Learning and Informal Knowledge Sharing in the Work Place. Springer. [sample pages]

Hara, N., Solomon, P., Kim, S., & Sonnenwald, D. H. (2003). An emerging view of scientific collaboration: Scientists’ perspectives on collaboration and factors that impact collaboration. Journal of American Society for Information Science & Technology, 54(10), 952-965.

Community of Practice/Knowledge Management

Hara, N., & Shachaf, P., & Stoerger, S. (2009). Online communities of practice typology revisited. Journal of Information Science, 35(6), 740-757.

Hara, N., & Shachaf, P. (2009, August). Cross-cultural analysis of the Wikipedia community. Americas Conference on Information Systems. San Francisco, CA.

Hew, K. F., & Hara, N. (2007). Knowledge sharing among professionals in three online environments: A qualitative case study. Journal of American Society for Information Science & Technology, 58(14), 2310-2324.

Hara, N. (2007). IT support for communities of practice: How public defenders learn about winning and losing in court. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 58(1), 76-87.

Hara, N. & Hew, K. F. (2007). Knowledge sharing in an online community of health-care professionals. Information Technology & People, 20(3), 235-261.

Hara, N., & Schwen, T. M. (2006). Communities of practice in workplaces: Learning as a naturally occurring event. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 19(2), 93-114.

Hara, N., Kling, R. (2006). Professional Development & Knowledge Management via Virtual Spaces. In: Weiss, J., Nolan, J., Hunsinger, J., Trifonas, P. (eds) The International Handbook of Virtual Learning Environments. Springer, Dordrecht.

Ekbia, H., & Hara, N. (2005). Incentive structures for knowledge sharing. In D. G. Schwartz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management (pp.237-243). Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.

Schwen, T. M., & Hara, N. (2003). Community of practice: A metaphor for online design? The Information Society, 19(3), 257-270.

Hara, N., & Kling, R. (2002). IT Supports for Organizational Learning: An Empirically-based Framework. Proceedings of the 65th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 39, 338-349.

Schwen, T. M., Kalman, H., Hara, N., & Kisling, E. (1998). Potential knowledge management contributions to human performance technology research and practice. Educational Technology Research & Development, 46 (4), 73-89.