Academics and their online networks: Exploring the role of academic social networking sites
Academics and their online networks: Exploring the role of academic social networking sites
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学者及其在线网络：探索学术社交网站的作用
DOI：
10.5210/fm.v19i11.4937
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2014
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Katy Jordan
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Katy Jordan
随着在线社交网络的迅速普及，随之而来的是一系列针对学术受众的服务。该项目试图探索这些网站的网络结构，并通过调查参与者对网站的使用和建立联系的动机来探索网络结构的趋势。社会网络分析表明，学科是有影响力的，在定义社区结构，而学历是链接到网络中的节点的位置。调查显示，学术界对这些网站的使用与他们在网站所培育的网络中的地位之间存在矛盾。年轻学者被发现是更活跃的用户的网站，同意在更大程度上与感知的好处，但有较少的连接，并占据了更外围的位置在网络中。
The rapid rise in popularity of online social networking has been followed by a slew of services aimed at an academic audience. This project sought to explore network structure in these sites, and to explore trends in network structure by surveying participants about their use of sites and motivations for making connections. Social network analysis revealed that discipline was influential in defining community structure, while academic seniority was linked to the position of nodes within the network. The survey revealed a contradiction between academics use of the sites and their position within the networks the sites foster. Junior academics were found to be more active users of the sites, agreeing to a greater extent with the perceived benefits, yet having fewer connections and occupying a more peripheral position in the network.