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dc.contributor.authorGenoni, Paul
dc.contributor.authorMerrick, Helen
dc.contributor.authorWillson, Michele
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:22:48Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:22:48Z
dc.date.created2008-11-13T05:14:50Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationGenoni, Paul and Merrick, Helen and Willson, Michele. 2005. The use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities. First Monday 10 (12).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11085
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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.

dc.publisherFirst Monday Editorial Group
dc.relation.urihttp://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1301/1221
dc.titleThe use of the Internet to activate latent ties in scholarly communities
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume10
dcterms.source.number12
dcterms.source.issn13960466
dcterms.source.titleFirst Monday
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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/

curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Media, Society and Culture
curtin.facultyFaculty of Humanities


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