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- Kjellberg, Sara, et al.
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Researchers’ use of social network sites : a scoping review
- 2016
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Ingår i: Library & Information Science Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 0740-8188 .- 1873-1848. ; 38:3, s. 224-234
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The study is a scoping review of 80 research articles in LIS and related fields (2004-2014) on the use of social network sites by researchers. The results show that social network sites are used as part of scholarly life, yet with disciplinary differences. It is also shown that the area lacks methodological, theoretical and empirical coherence and theoretical stringency. The most salient strands of research (General uptake, Outreach, Special tools/cases, Assessing impact, Practices/new modes of communication) are mapped and ways to improve research in the field are identified. This provides a first step towards a more comprehensive understanding of the roles of social network sites in scholarship.
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- Kjellberg, Sara, et al.
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Researchers' online visibility : tensions of visibility, trust and reputation
- 2018
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Ingår i: Online information review (Print). - 1468-4527 .- 1468-4535.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to understand what role researchers assign to online representations on the new digital communication sites that have emerged, such as Academia, ResearchGate or Mendeley. How are researchers’ online presentations created, managed, accessed and, more generally, viewed by academic researchers themselves? And how are expectations of the academic reward system navigated and re-shaped in response to the possibilities afforded by social media and other digital tools? Design/methodology/approach Focus groups have been used for empirical investigation to learn about the role online representation is assigned by the concerned researchers. Findings The study shows that traditional scholarly communication documents are what also scaffolds trust and builds reputation in the new setting. In this sense, the new social network sites reinforce rather than challenge the importance of formal publications. Originality/value An understanding of the different ways in which researchers fathom the complex connection between reputation and trust in relation to online visibility as a measure of, or at least an attempt at, publicity (either within academia or outside it) is essential. This paper emphasizes the need to tell different stories by exploring how researchers understand their own practices and reasons for them.
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- Kjellberg, Sara, et al.
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It´s all about keeping quiet – using focus group interviews to understand the everyday life of researchers in order to support their research
- 2014
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Ingår i: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Qqml. - : ISAST. - 2241-1925. ; :1, s. 253-261
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper describes how focus group interviews were used in a project on developing research support services. The object of the interviews was to understand the everyday lives of researchers and the obstacles they experience in their research process. Advantages and challenges of the method are discussed, e.g. the benefits of the interaction and the free form that the method allows for and the challenge not to interfere in the discussions and yet see to it that the discussions keep to the selected themes and keep on going.
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- Kjellberg, Sara
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Blogs as Interfaces between Several Worlds A Case Study of the Swedish Academic Blogosphere
- 2009
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Ingår i: Human IT. - 1402-1501. ; 10:3, s. 1-45
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this article is to examine the use of blogs as tools in scholarly communication practice. The article is based on a case study of the Swedish academic blogosphere. It starts with an overview of earlier research about blogs which is followed by a presentation of earlier research on scholarly communication practice. Disciplinary differences regarding the use of ICTs are considered specifically. Sixty-seven Swedish academic blogs are investigated using content analysis, supplemented by a webometric study of the same material. The results indicate agreement across disciplines regarding the use of blogs as tools. One conclusion is that blogs do not replace a previous form of communication, but function as distinct interfaces between four arenas: the university, the research field, the general public, and private life.
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- Kjellberg, Sara
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I am a blogging researcher: Motivations for blogging in a scholarly context
- 2010
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Ingår i: First Monday. - 1396-0466. ; 15:8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The number of scholarly blogs on the Web is increasing. In this article, a group of researchers are asked to describe the functions that their blogs serve for them as researchers. The results show that their blogging is motivated by the possibility to share knowledge, that the blog aids creativity, and that it provides a feeling of being connected in their work as researchers. In particular, the blog serves as a creative catalyst in the work of the researchers, where writing forms a large part, which is not as prominent as a motivation in other professional blogs. In addition, the analysis brings out the blog’s combination of functions and the possibility it offers to reach multiple audiences as a motivating factor that makes the blog different from other kinds of communication in scholarly contexts.
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- Kjellberg, Sara
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Researchers’ Blogging Practices in Two Epistemic Cultures: The Scholarly Blog as a Situated Genre
- 2014
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Ingår i: Human IT. - : University College of Borås. - 1402-1501 .- 1402-151X. ; 12:3, s. 36-77
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents a study of 16 scholarly blogs with the aim to gain an in-depth understanding of what characterizes blogging as part of the scholarly communication. Eight blogs from high energy physics (HEP) and eight from digital history were closely followed. The analysis was made by employing an analytical framework based on genre theory. The results reveal common communicative purposes in the scholarly blogs; there are many similarities in form features and content, which also relate to the purposes of the blogs. In addition, the context in which the blogs are situated is based both in the blogging researchers’ epistemic cultures and in their knowledge about blogging practices. A conclusion is that the scholarly blogs is an addition to the landscape of scholarly communication, including communication with the public, and that the scholarly blogs contribute to our understanding of how research is done.
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- Kjellberg, Sara
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Scholarly blogging practice as situated genre: an analytical framework based on genre theory
- 2009
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Ingår i: Information Research. - 1368-1613. ; 14:3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction. Examines how an analytical framework of situated genre analysis can be used to study how research blogs are constructed and used as tools in scholarly communication. Method. A framework was extracted from genre research theories consisting of four concepts: aim, form, content and context. The term situated genre was used to focus on social practices. The context was further elaborated by combining discourse community with the concept of epistemic cultures. Analysis. The main purpose was to outline, discuss and test the framework. Three blogs from researchers in the field of physics were selected and used to test how the framework operated. Results. The preliminary results showed that scholarly blogs could be approached as a situated genre that is part of scholarly communication practice and that this framework can be used to analyse the social and technical features of the blogs. However, the framework has some constraints that have to be addressed. The four concepts are interlaced and can benefit from the application of a number of different methods. Conclusions. The proposed framework is useful as a tool for the analysis of research blogs and for making visible their socio-technical character. Existing genres in a particular epistemic culture, or differences between different epistemic cultures, are issues that could be studied further with this framework.
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- Kjellberg, Hans, et al.
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A new perspective on market dynamics : Market plasticity and the stability–fluidity dialectics
- 2014
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Ingår i: Marketing Theory. - : SAGE Publications (UK and US). - 1741-301X .- 1470-5931. ; 14:3, s. 269-289
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Several researchers have pointed out that if marketing is to develop as a discipline and contribute to solving complex business and societal challenges, it should question the neoclassical view of markets and develop its own theory of markets. Efforts in this direction indicate an emerging view of markets as dynamic, subjective, and subject to multiple change efforts. However, the neoclassical view of objective, detached, and deterministic market still influences the dominant models used to describe market change. We argue that in order to better understand market dynamics, both academics and practitioners need new concepts and constructs that go beyond existing linear process and development stage models. We seek to contribute to improved understanding of markets by studying a special characteristic of markets that enables market dynamics. Borrowing a term used by Alderson (1957: 277), we propose that markets are characterized by plasticity, that is, a “potentiality for being remolded and responding in a different way thereafter.” Even though the plasticity concept was introduced into the marketing literature nearly 60 years ago, the plastic character of markets remains underresearched. This article investigates the meaning and manifestations of market plasticity, drawing analogies from the physical, natural, and social sciences. We define market plasticity as the market’s capacity to take and retain form and propose that the dialectic between market stability and market fluidity lies at the heart of market change.
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