The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities

Genoni,  Paul; Merrick, Helen; Willson,  Michele

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Open access

Authors

Genoni, Paul

Merrick, Helen

Willson, Michele

Date

2005

Type

Journal Article

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Citation

Genoni, Paul and Merrick, Helen and Willson, Michele. 2005. The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities. First Monday 10 (12).

Source Title

First Monday

Additional URLs

http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1301/1221

ISSN

13960466

Faculty

Faculty of Media, Society and Culture

Faculty of Humanities

Remarks

First Monday is open access journal and the content is available for free to all from the Directory of Open Access Journals : http://www.doaj.org/

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11085

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

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.