Abstract
The article analyzes how researchers evaluate the quality of information in Internet e-mailing lists and whether the embeddedness of academic e-mailing lists in offline networks of a scientific community is related to it. The idea is that embeddedness gives researchers more opportunities to build up a reputation through contributing high-quality information to the group. Survey and archive data are used to test hypotheses about the effects of offline networks in 47 academic e-mailing lists used by a random sample of university researchers. Results indicate that the information in embedded online groups is regarded as more valuable than in purely virtual groups.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1859-1870 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
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- social media
- Science communication