The social academic: a social capital approach to academic relationship management on social media

Kapidzic, Sanja

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2019.1610472

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“…Indeed, scholars can retain agency. Nonparticipation in the financial market of ideas is a choice that shapes the relationship many have with these platforms, as shown by empirical research on a number of scholarly communities (Jordan and Weller, 2018; Kapidzic, 2020; Segado-Boj et al, 2019). Some may find ways to game these new metrics, as is already common with impact factors and citation counts (Biagioli and Lippman, 2020).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Academic social media do not dispense with other spaces for social capital building, such as conferences, journal articles or intellectual kinship. Rather, they represent an additional channel to build social capital beyond more formal scholarly communication systems (Kapidzic, 2020). Furthermore, scholars can and do decide not to participate in these platforms (Casemajor et al, 2015; Segado-Boj et al, 2019).…”

Section: Rethinking the Marketplace Of Ideasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, the temporalities of academic credit generate ‘anticipatory uncertainty’ in early career life scientists (Fochler and Sigl, 2018). As shown in empirical studies, factors associated with career aspirations are strong predictors of academic social media use (Kapidzic, 2020). In sum, researchers who perform forms of labor mediated by digital platforms may do so in the hope of a future employment opportunity in a sector increasingly plagued by casualized labor.…”

Section: Orientation Toward the Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

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The financial market of ideas: A theory of academic social media

Delfanti

2020

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Millions of scholars use academic social media to share their work and construct themselves as legitimate and productive workers. An analysis of Academia.edu updates ideas about science as a ‘marketplace of ideas’. Scholarly communication via social media is best conceptualized as a ‘financial market of ideas’ through which academic value is assigned to publications and researchers. Academic social media allow for the inclusion of scholarly objects such as preprint articles, which exceed traditional accounting systems in scholarly communication. Their functioning is based on a valorization of derived qualities, as their algorithms analyze social interactions on the platform rather than the content of scholarship. They are also oriented toward the future in their use of data analytics to predict research outcomes.

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The financial market of ideas: A theory of academic social media

Delfanti

2020

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“…Some studies dealing with cross-cutting topics are assigned to multiple themes. (Agarwal et al, 2016;Ali, Wolski, & Richardson, 2017;Allahar, 2017;Asmi, 2018;Asmi & Margam, 2018;Baro, Tralagba, & Ebiagbe, 2018;Bhardwaj, 2017;Calvi & Cassella, 2013;Camilleri, 2017;Conole & Alevizou, 2010;D'Alessandro et al, 2020;Deng, Tong, & Fu, 2018;González-Solar, 2018;Goodwin et al, 2014;Gorska et al, 2020;Greifeneder et al, 2018;Gruzd, Staves, & Wilk, 2012;Hoffmann et al, 2016;Jeng et al, 2017;Jordan, 2019b;Kapidzic, 2020;Koranteng & Wiafe, 2019;Laakso, Lindman, Shen, Nyman, & Björk, 2017;Manca, 2018;Martín, Orduna, & Delgado, 2018;Meishar-Tal & Pieterse, 2017;Ortega, 2017;Ortega, 2016;Ostermaier-Grabow & Linek, 2019;Li et al, 2018;Ponte & Simon, 2011;Radford, Kitzie, Mikitish, Floegel, Radford, & Connaway, 2018;Salahshour et al, 2016;Salahshour, Nilashi, Mohamed Dahlan, & Ibrahim, 2019;Singson & Amees, 2017;Vasquez et al, 2015;Williams & Woodacre, 2016;Yim & Shin, 2013;Ali & Richardson, 2018;…”

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The Use of Academic Social Networking Sites in Scholarly Communication: Scoping Review

Hailu

2021

Data and Information Management

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This research provides a systematic analysis of 115 previous literatures on the use of academic social networking sites (ASNs) in scholarly communication. Previous research on the subject has mainly taken a disciplinary and user perspective. This research conceptualizes the use of ASNs in scholarly communication in the space between social interactions and the technologies themselves. Keyword analysis and scoping review approaches have been used to analyze the comprehensive literature in the field. The study found a geographic variation in what motivates academics to use ASNs. Scholar discovery and sharing are the primary driving factors identified in the literature. Four main themes within the research literature are proposed: motivation and uses, impact assessment, features and services, and scholarly big data. The study found that there has been an increase in scholarly big data research in recent years. The paper also discusses the key findings and concepts stated in each theme. This gives academics a better understanding of what ASNs can do and their weaknesses, and identifies gaps in the literature that are worth addressing in future investigations. We suggest that future studies may also extend the existing theoretical framework and epistemological approaches to better predict and clarify the socio-technical dimensions of ASNs use in scholarly communication. In addition, this study has implications for academic and research institutions, libraries and information literacy programs, and future studies on the topic.

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“…In that sense, it is closely interlinked with social capital which encapsulates the social networks of informants (Vos 2016) as well as networks of other journalists (Hummel, Kirchhoff, and Prandner 2012). The larger these informal networks among journalists are, the more they provide (aspiring) professionals with information relevant for their careers, such as vacancies and other opportunities (Kapidzic 2020). Following Bourdieu (1996), social relationships strengthen the advantage provided through already accumulated cultural and economic capital.…”

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Showing off Your Social Capital: Homophily of Professional Reputation and Gender in Journalistic Networks on Twitter

2020

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Social media like Twitter have become critical tools for public discourse and journalistic practice as they are assumed to enable equal conversations and engagement between different societal actors. However, recent studies have found that Twitter reproduces existing networks and hierarchies, indicated through homophily where dominant journalistic users with high symbolic capital tend to amplify and engage more with colleagues of similar symbolic status, which legitimizes their authority and dominance in the public sphere. Still, an in-depth understanding of how this manifests and might be rectified is lacking. To fill this gap, we explore the tweeting behaviour of 356 journalists in Austria, as social capital and personal networks are especially relevant to be recognized by peers. Our findings show strong homophilous tweeting behaviour for those with high professional reputation and for men. New entrants aim more towards gaining visibility in these tight-knit groups.

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The social academic: a social capital approach to academic relationship management on social media

Cited by 13 publications

References 49 publications

The financial market of ideas: A theory of academic social media

The financial market of ideas: A theory of academic social media

The Use of Academic Social Networking Sites in Scholarly Communication: Scoping Review

Showing off Your Social Capital: Homophily of Professional Reputation and Gender in Journalistic Networks on Twitter

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