The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities
This paper presents the results of a survey on the use of theInternet by university-based scholars to contact unknown peers. Thesecontacts are considered as examples of the activation of "latentties" which are said to exist within communities with associatedinterests. The research indicate...
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| author | Genoni, Paul Merrick, Helen Willson, Michele |
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| description | This paper presents the results of a survey on the use of theInternet by university-based scholars to contact unknown peers. Thesecontacts are considered as examples of the activation of "latentties" which are said to exist within communities with associatedinterests. The research indicates that the Internet facilitates theactivation of these ties and that the degree to which it is used forthis purpose is associated with academic rank. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-110852017-01-30T11:22:48Z The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities Genoni, Paul Merrick, Helen Willson, Michele This paper presents the results of a survey on the use of theInternet by university-based scholars to contact unknown peers. Thesecontacts are considered as examples of the activation of "latentties" which are said to exist within communities with associatedinterests. The research indicates that the Internet facilitates theactivation of these ties and that the degree to which it is used forthis purpose is associated with academic rank. 2005 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11085 http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1301/1221 First Monday Editorial Group fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Genoni, Paul Merrick, Helen Willson, Michele The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities |
| title | The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities |
| title_full | The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities |
| title_fullStr | The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities |
| title_short | The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities |
| title_sort | use of the internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities |
| url | http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1301/1221 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11085 |