Fig 1.
Conceptual description of presumed causal relationships linking communication, and information, to social-ecological outcomes.
Communication is assumed to contribute to all four factors, all being assumed to contribute to better social-ecological outcomes (performance). Information, in isolation, is however only assumed to be related to two of these factors. The dashed arrow between communication and information symbolize the potential interaction effect between communication as a venue for disseminating information versus information as such (provided by a neutral and reliable third party).
Fig 2.
Graphical representation of the experimental design.
A-C illustrates how common-pool resource dilemmas, asymmetries in resource access, and ecological interdependencies where added and combined to form our experimental base configuration (C). The different treatments where then applied on the base configuration by providing the players with information about others, and by giving them the ability to communicate.
Table 1.
Coding, CPR and EBM factors, and descriptions.
Table 2.
Treatment information, group numbers and performance.
Table 3.
Pair-wise tests of the treatments effect on performance.
Table 4.
Treatment C, the performance effect of the number of topical chat messages for any given round.
Table 5.
Treatment D, the performance effect of the number of topical chat messages for any given round.
Table 6.
Chat 1—No Information, constructive discussion.
Table 7.
Chat 2—Information increasing competition and conflict.
Table 8.
Chat 3—Information increases cognitive load (especially after round 9).