Platforms · Longitudinal qualitative case study

Governing digital platform ecosystems for social options

Information Systems Journal · 2025

Terje Aksel Sanner, Alexander Moltubakk Kempton, Scott Russpatrick, Johan Ivar Sæbø

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Summary

Governance processes can enable collective action and social value alongside commercial goals.

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Possible founder application

Make noncommercial outcomes and stakeholder access explicit in platform rules.

Reported result

What the study found

Governance processes can enable collective action and social value alongside commercial goals.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Longitudinal qualitative case study

Sample and setting

Platform used by municipal/social actors

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Single social-platform case.

Research sources

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Study strength

3.5/5 Abstract-level evidence is useful for framing questions; verify full methods before transfer.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 0.5/1

Only abstract or bibliographic access was confirmed.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.