Netting Scholars : Online and Offline  

Oleh:

Koku, Emmanuel ; Nazer, Nancy ; Wellman, Barry

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: American Behavioral Scientist vol. 44 no. 10 (Jun. 2001), page 1752-1774 .
Topik: Netting Scholars; Internet; Scholary Networks; Relationship
Fulltext: 13. Netting Scholars - Online and Offline.pdf (2.43MB)

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Has the Internet affected the ways in which people communicate by lessening the effects of distance? To examine this question, the authors study scholarly and interpersonal relationships—in person and by e-mail—in two scholarly networks, one in a large university and one dispersed across North America. These scholarly networks are harbingers of the turn toward network and virtual organizations. Although the Internet helps scholars to maintain ties over great distances, physical proximity still matters. Those scholars who see each other often or work near each other e-mail each other more often. Frequent contact on the Internet is a complement to frequent face-to-face contact, not a substitute for it. The more scholarly relations network members have, the more frequently they communicate and the more media they use to communicate. Although e-mail helps scholars without strong ties to stay in contact, it is used most by scholars who are collaborators or friends.

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