Academic social networks: Presence and activity in Academia.edu and ResearchGate of communication researchers of the Galician universities

Gómez, Alberto Dafonte; González, María Isabel Míguez; Puentes-Rivera, Iván

doi:10.1109/cisti.2015.7170594

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“…Thelwall and Kousha (2014) found that the presence of women in Academia.edu is lower than expected in other generalist social networks, suggesting that the scholarly sites reflect scholarly norms for academia rather than general social network site norms. This perception is confirmed by Dafonte-Gomez et al (2015) in the case of Academia.edu and RG, and Mikki et al (2015) in other social spaces, where the proportion of women is always lower than men. According to academic statuses, Jordan (2014b) analyzed the centrality of profiles by their academic position in Academia.edu; Li and Gillet (2013) studied the influence of profiles by academic statuses through the number of readers in Mendeley, and Hoffmann et al (2016) analyzed the influence of the seniority in the shaping of contacting networks in RG.…”

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“…This perception is confirmed by Dafonte-Gomez, et al (2015) in the case of Academia.edu and ResearchGate and Mikki et al (2015) in other social spaces, where the proportion of women is always lower than men. According to academic statuses, Jordan (2014b) analysed the centrality of profiles by their academic position in Academia.edu;Li and Gillet (2013) studied the influence of profiles by academic statuses through the number of readers in Mendeley, and Hoffmann et al (2016) analyzed the influence of the seniority in the shaping of contacting networks in ResearchGate.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…Also, other studies have analysed the adoption rate of these services, finding, in a first moment, low penetrations (Bik and Goldstein, 2013;Mas-Bleda et al, 2014). However, as new studies were done, higher values were observed at the institutional level (Ortega, 2015b;Dafonte-Gomez, et al, 2015;Mikki et al, 2015;Fernandez-Marcial and Gonzalez-Solar, 2015). These studies suggest that we are still in a phase of incorporation of researchers to these platforms.…”

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Purpose: The main objective is to analyse the distribution of profiles from academic social networking sites according to disciplines, academic statuses and gender, and detect possible biases with regard to the real staff distribution. In this way, it intends to know whether these academic places tend to become specialized sites or if there is a homogenization process. Design/methodology/approach: To this purpose, the evolution of profiles of one organization (CSIC, Spanish National Research Council) in three major academic social sites (Academia.edu, Google Scholar Citations and ResearchGate) through six quarterly samples since April 2014 to September 2015 are tracked Findings: Longitudinal results show important disciplinary biases but with strong increase of new profiles form different areas. They also suggests that these virtual spaces are gaining more stability and they tend toward a equilibrate environment Originality/value: This is the first longitudinal study of profiles from three major academic social networking sites and it allows to shed light on the future of these platforms' populations.

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“…Пристального внимания исследователей в аспекте разрабатываемой проблемы заслуживает интернет-коммуникация, определяемая законами виртуальной реальности [Dafonte-Gomez et al, 2015]. Как справедливо подчеркивают специалисты, за последние десятилетия виртуальный мир все более гуманизируется, превращаясь из технологии, доступной узкому кругу инженеров-программистов, в информационно-коммуникативную среду для широкого круга людей различного рода занятий, пола и возраста [Гуманитарные исследования в интернете …, 2000].…”

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This study explores the “image of the virtual intentional author” in the news discourse of corporate websites. A comparative analysis of materials from corporate websites of Kemerovo State University and Siberian Coal and Energy Company is conducted. Subjective, predicate-actant, and locative-temporal components are identified. Typical and specific semantic components are named. The typical shared components include the following meanings: “I am a significant subject of the Russian space”; “I represent a collective of professionals”; “I engage in volunteer and charitable activities”. Each of the considered organizations’ intentional author image is characterized by specific features. The intentional author of the university’s news content realizes the following modal meanings: “I am not only a leading university in the region but also part of global rankings, serving as a center for scientific, social, volunteer activities, etc. in the region”, thus, the virtual author communicates the intention to present the university as a significant subject of the Russian educational space. The intentional author of the energy company’s news content conveys meanings such as: “I am the best production organization”; “I am competitive”; “I am socially oriented”; “I interact with authorities and public organizations”.

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Academic social networks: Presence and activity in Academia.edu and ResearchGate of communication researchers of the Galician universities

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Toward a homogenization of academic social sites

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How Websites of Educational Institutions Create the Virtual Author: News Headlines on University Website

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