A Bit More to It: Scholarly Communication Forums as Socio-Technical Interaction Networks.

Kling, Rob; McKim, Geoffrey; King, Adam

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ERIC Number: EJ671814

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Publication Date: 2003

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A Bit More to It: Scholarly Communication Forums as Socio-Technical Interaction Networks.

Kling, Rob; McKim, Geoffrey; King, Adam

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v54 n1 p47-67 Jan 1 2003

Examines the conceptual models that help to understand the development and sustainability of scholarly and professional communication forums on the Internet. An alternative information processing model that considers information technologies as Socio-Technical Interaction Networks (STINs) and a method for modeling electronic forums as STINs are presented. (Contains 56 references.) (Author/MES)

Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Information Processing, Information Technology, Interaction, Internet, Models, Scholarly Communication, Social Networks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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