New Media/Internet Research Topics of the Association of Internet Researchers

This study summarizes prior reviews of new media and Internet research, and the growth of the term Internet in academic publications and online newsgroups. It then uses semantic network analysis to summarize the interests and concepts of an interdisciplinary group of Internet researchers, as represented by session titles and paper titles and abstracts from the 2003 and 2004 Association of Internet Researchers conferences. In both years, the most frequent words appearing in the paper abstracts included Internet, online, community, social, technology, and research. The 2003 papers emphasized topics such as the social analysis/research of online/Internet communication, community, and information, with particular coverage of access, individuals, groups, digital media, culture; role and process in e-organizations; and world development. The 2004 papers emphasized topics such as access; news and social issues; the role of individuals in communities; user-based studies; usage data; and blogs, women, and search policy, among others.     

Drawing Conclusions from New Media Research: Reflections and Puzzles Regarding Children's Experience of the Internet

New media studies are now benefiting from a burgeoning of empirical studies and theoretical analyses from diverse academic disciplines seeking to locate new media, especially the Internet, within longstanding traditions of social science research. By reviewing and reflecting upon findings from UK Children Go Online, a multimethod research project examining the role of the Internet in children's and young people's everyday lives, the present article takes the opportunity to draw out some general conclusions, and associated puzzles, to guide future research. These contribute toward an emerging framework for understanding questions regarding new media access, use, and consequences within the social, cultural, and political parameters of young people's lives. A range of research findings are discussed that illuminate the shifting balance of opportunities and risks posed by the Internet for children, youth, and the family.     

Internet Galaxy Meets Postnational Constellation: Prospects for Political Solidarity After the Internet

Might online social relations play a role in the rise of political solidarities sufficient to support a democratic postnationalist project? As things currently stand, it does not appear that the Internet supports either the commitment or cohesiveness needed to underpin a demanding new mode of social and political relations. Looking at factors such as conceptions of community and social interaction, systems of meaning, political engagement, and social inclusivity can help us assess the question. The exercise suggests that while the Internet may be a factor in change, it may not yield the kind of change many are anticipating. This finding raises doubts concerning the postnationalist hope that new social and political bonds will help ground transnational projects such as the European Union.     

近三年国外图书馆学与信息科学领域研究热点与前沿分析

[目的/意义]本文对近三年来（2015-2017）SCI和SSCI收录的图书情报学的影响因子排名前50%的外文期刊刊载论文及其题录数据进行计量研究,进而揭示国际LIS领域热点研究主题,再利用著名的科学分析管理工具ESI追踪LIS领域的研究发展趋势。[方法/过程]使用自主研发的程序工具基于Louvain算法对领域知识网络进行知识群落划分,进而识别领域知识主题与研究热点,再利用科学分析管理工具ESI根据共被引分析和聚类算法选出学科最新研究前沿。[结果/结论]通过研究发现,近三年国际图书情报学的研究热点主题分别是文献计量、高校图书馆、网络社交媒体研究、管理、卫生健康、技术、信息检索、电子政府、企业管理和电子商务等特定领域的信息应用,研究前沿主要集中在学术平台替代计量学研究、在线用户评论研究、政治文本内容挖掘研究、智慧城市研究、读者阅读研究、社交媒体相关研究等。     

INTERNET网上的电子学术期刊

本文以Internet网上出版的国际英文学术期刊为考察对象,专题论述网上学术期刊的类型、文件格式和出版方式、印刷期刊不具备的全新特性。按照期刊的渊源,网上学术期刊可分为纯网上学术期刊、印刷学术期刊的完整电子版、转移到网上出版的印刷学术期刊和印刷学术期刊的网上目录和文摘。网上学术期刊的文件格式主要有纯文本格式、HTML格式、PDF格式和RealPage格式。网上学术期刊的发布方式以WWW网为主,以远程文件传递和邮寄表为辅。与印刷期刊相比,网上电子学术期刊有如下特征实时网上浏览;免费提供学术期刊目录和论文著录项;现期内容通报服务;论文全文检索;含有超级链路的参考文献;网上论文读者论坛;精确的读者统计。     

从中德合著SCI论文看中德科技合作

从论文的时间分布、学科分布、期刊分布等方面分析了1979-2003年间的7985篇中德合著SCI论文,揭示出中德两国科技合作的特征。引外,还用词频分析方法分析了中德合著SCI论文的选题,定位了双方共同的研究兴趣和研究热点。     

Identifying widely disseminated scientific papers on social media

Identifying widely disseminated papers (WDPs) on social media can help to understand dissemination mechanisms of scientific papers from academia to social media and assist in the formulation of public and science policy. This study applies machine learning methods to explore the possibility of identifying WDPs and to investigate the influence mechanisms of literature-related and social media-related features. A pre-task was first conducted to investigate whether the visibility of scientific papers on social media can be predicted, and the role of various features was analyzed. Then, we defined two predictive tasks for identifying WDPs before and after they are visible on social media. The performance of eight state-of-the-art algorithms was compared in three experiments against the dataset of the oncology field, and the contribution of literature-related and social media-related features in the tasks was explained based on the Shapley additional explanations (SHAP) value. The results show that XGBoost performs better than other algorithms, especially with an F1 score of 0.988 and AUC of 0.998 in the trend prediction task. Nearly all of the literature-related features have great effects on identifying long-term disseminated papers, and most social media-related features play more significant roles in identifying broadly mentioned papers. Moreover, journal features contribute more to identifying papers of social media visibility, while paper features, especially research topics, have a greater influence on identifying WDPs. The number and proportion of academic-related Twitter users have great impacts on the scale and duration of papers’ dissemination. The number and duration of first-generation tweets play critical roles in identifying broadly mentioned and long-term disseminated papers, respectively. This study provides profound insights into the influencing factors in the dissemination of papers from the scientific community to and across social media, and helps to understand the difference in knowledge propagation between academia and the public.     

国内网络问答社区研究现状、热点及趋势分析——基于文献计量与内容归纳分析

【目的/意义】文章对国内网络问答社区相关研究进行了考察,旨在分析其发展现状、热点主题以及未来发 展趋势,以期为该领域的深化发展提供参考。【方法/过程】主要使用了文献计量与内容归纳法对383篇期刊文献进 行了分析。【结果/结论】国内网络问答社区相关研究将继续呈指数趋势增长;所调查的期刊文献集中分布在少数学 科领域、核心期刊、核心机构中;国内网络问答社区研究可归纳为3个发展阶段,其研究主题聚焦于6个方面;未来 发展中,机构间、学者间的交互程度将进一步加强,多学科协同将成为促进领域知识体系不断完善的重要因素,知 识服务成为该领域发展的重要方向,新技术应用将驱动网络问答社区向智能化、学习化方向发展。     

Weak Ties in Networked Communities

Communities with high levels of social capital are likely to have a higher quality of life than communities with low social capital. This is due to the greater ability of such communities to organize and mobilize effectively for collective action because they have high levels of social trust, dense social networks, and well-established norms of mutuality (the major features of social capital). Communities with “bridging” social capital (weak ties across groups) as well as “bonding” social capital (strong ties within groups) are the most effective in organizing for collective action. People who belong to multiple groups act as bridging ties. When people with bridging ties use communication media, such as the Internet, they enhance their capability to educate community members and to organize, as needed, for collective action. This article summarizes evidence from stratified household survey data in Blacksburg, VA, showing that people with weak (bridging) ties across groups have higher levels of community involvement, civic interest, and collective efficacy than people without bridging ties among groups. Moreover, heavy Internet users with bridging ties have higher social engagement, use the Internet for social purposes, and have been attending more local meetings and events since going online than heavy Internet users with no bridging ties. These findings may suggest that the Internet—in the hands of bridging individuals–is a tool for enhancing social relations and information exchange, and for increasing face-to-face interaction, all of which help to build both bonding and bridging social capital in communities.     

互联网与网络文化的传播

网络技术兼容了传统媒介技术的优势,随着互联网技术的广泛使用,网络文化已经成为社会文化的重要组成部分。网络文化在介入和影响民众生活方面的作用非常明显,网络消费的发展前景也十分广阔。     

新媒体环境下微学习研究热点领域与前沿探析

目的/意义]随着互联网新媒体技术的发展，国内外微学习研究逐年递增，探讨微学习研究热点与前沿，有助于明确相关研究拓展与深化的方向。[方法/过程]运用文献分析法，基于对中国知网CNKI和Web of Science数据库的检索，勾勒了2008年以来国内外相关研究的趋势；运用共词分析方法，通过SPSS软件，建立了国内外新媒体相关研究的关键词共词矩阵及其相关矩阵、相异矩阵；通过聚类分析和多维尺度分析，并结合战略坐标分析归纳了微学习热点领域；运用Citespace，绘制了微学习研究的知识网络图谱，探讨了微学习的研究前沿。[结果/结论]国内微学习热点领域分为移动学习资源、网络教育及学习行为，而国外热点领域则主要包括在线学习和教育、在线学习策略；国内微学习研究趋向专业化，微学习研究与大数据下的在线教育紧密结合，而国外微学习研究则与实际应用紧密结合，这些热点和前沿可成为进一步研究拓展和深化的方向。     

Making Space for Religion in Internet Studies

This article seeks to address how religion fits into the larger domain of Internet studies and why studies of religion within computer-mediated communication (CMC) need to be given more attention. An argument is made for the need to take religion online more seriously, not just because it is an interesting phenomenon or a popular use of the Internet, but also because religion continues to be an important part of contemporary life for many people. A summary of the growth and development of religion online is presented along with an overview of how religion has been approached and studied on the Internet. This review shows what CMC studies of religion might offer in approaching research questions related to authority, identity construction, and community online. It calls for recognition of the contribution, and possibilities that underrepresented areas within interdisciplinary research, like religion, might offer Internet studies as a whole.     

How do scientific papers from different journal tiers gain attention on social media?

The emergence of social media has fundamentally changed the way of scholarly communication and allows for scientific research to be shared at an unprecedented speed and scale. While many studies have discussed what papers attract most online attention, how they prevail online is unclear. In this paper, we explore the diffusion patterns of ～170,000 papers with different journal tiers from 2012 to 2019 based on over 3 million Twitter mentions. We first categorize journals by the elite (the top of Q1) and non-elite (Q2～Q4) according to their journal impact factor quartiles, then use network analysis and time series analysis to characterize papers’ dynamic diffusion process, and finally discuss papers’ engaged users and disciplinary contexts. Results show that though elite journal papers spread significantly faster and more broadly than non-elite, some non-elite journal papers reached a sizable audience. For non-elite journal papers, a decent size of social media reach can be achieved through the aid of highly influential users or multiple waves of small spread that span a long period. As a result, popular non-elite journal papers tend to be more viral than the elite, focusing discussions around topics close to daily life. This study provides a new perspective to characterize the diffusion process of scientific papers and helps to further enhance the understanding of such a process.     

产业互联网平台构建路径：创业共创视角的案例研究

产业互联网平台是实现产业数字化与数字产业化的重要方向，产业互联网平台构建路径充满复杂性与挑战性，现有文献尚未作出有效回答。通过兴盛优选案例研究发现：产业互联网平台构建经历了开发探索、聚焦验证和复制扩张的3个阶段，分别面临认知瓶颈、资源瓶颈与能力瓶颈，企业相继采取学习型创业共创、整合型创业共创与赋能型创业共创，先后实现了业务在线化、运营平台化和决策数智化。本文提炼出“瓶颈识别—创业共创—平台构建”的路径模型，揭开了产业互联网平台构建的过程“黑箱”，拓展了创业共创理论的应用边界，为产业互联网平台构建提供了重要启示。     

互联网+时代下网络用户信息需求新特点对电商模式的影响研究

［目的/意义］探讨互联网+时代下网络用户信息需求对新电商模式的影响。［方法/过程］通过文献分析法,综合互联网+时代网络用户信息需求新特点,结合现实电商发展案例分析,总结出若干新形势下电商运营模式。［结果/结论］结合用户信息需求趋势新特点提出电商模式的构建启示,引入政府、高校及科研机构、个人（用户）三大协同主体,与电商主体共同构建了集合个性化需求、智能化生产、社会化供应三大特点的协同型电商模式。     

The Emerging Mobile Internet Underclass: A Critique of Mobile Internet Access

This article provides a critical comparative analysis of mobile versus personal computer (PC)-based forms of Internet access. Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of literature, it illustrates a wide range of ways in which mobile Internet access offers lower levels of functionality and content availability; operates on less open and flexible platforms; and contributes to diminished levels of user engagement, content creation, and information seeking. At a time when a growing proportion of the online population is “mobile only,” these disparities have created what is termed here a mobile Internet underclass. The implications of this argument for digital divide policymaking and, more broadly, for the evolutionary trajectory of the Internet and the dynamics of Internet usage are discussed.     

Web and social media usage by museums: Online value creation

This paper contributes to the understanding of online strategies in the context of museums as examples of cultural organisations, an underrepresented sector in the information management literature. It presents a theoretical framework for understanding the online strategies of museums’ use of Web and social media, their sources of online value (efficiency, novelty, lock-in, complementarities) and some measurements of Internet performance, such as the Alexa Internet ranking and the number of followers of museums in social media. This type of analysis has not been conducted before and the findings will help museum curators and managers of other cultural institutions to appreciate the impact of these technologies and to make better informed decisions regarding online strategies and resource allocation. In addition, the results of this research are applicable to similar organisations, such as archives and cultural exhibitions, as well as to other service organisations related to information, education and entertainment activities.     

The Quality of Online and Offline Relationships: The Role of Multiplexity and Duration of Social Relationships

Recent studies have shown that adolescents use the Internet not only to maintain social relationships with distant relatives and friends but also to create new relationships online; some of these friendships become integrated into their social circle. Research has focused mainly on the effect of the Internet on existing relationships or the nature of online-only ties, so studies comparing the quality of online and face-to-face relationships are missing. The goal of this study is to bridge this gap. In keeping with previous studies on social association, we argue that the quality of social relationships is dependent on duration and diversity of topics and activities carried together. Time is important, as it facilitates the development of a collective shared history and identity. Intimacy develops through the participation in shared activities and discussion of diverse issues of personal concern. Using a representative sample of the adolescent population in Israel, we find that closeness to a friend is a function of social similarity, content and activity multiplexity, and duration of the relationships. Friendships originated in the Internet are perceived as less close and supportive because they are relatively new and online friends are involved in less joint activities and less topics of discussion. The implications of the findings are discussed.     

The Quality of Online and Offline Relationships: The Role of Multiplexity and Duration of Social Relationships

Recent studies have shown that adolescents use the Internet not only to maintain social relationships with distant relatives and friends but also to create new relationships online; some of these friendships become integrated into their social circle. Research has focused mainly on the effect of the Internet on existing relationships or the nature of online-only ties, so studies comparing the quality of online and face-to-face relationships are missing. The goal of this study is to bridge this gap. In keeping with previous studies on social association, we argue that the quality of social relationships is dependent on duration and diversity of topics and activities carried together. Time is important, as it facilitates the development of a collective shared history and identity. Intimacy develops through the participation in shared activities and discussion of diverse issues of personal concern. Using a representative sample of the adolescent population in Israel, we find that closeness to a friend is a function of social similarity, content and activity multiplexity, and duration of the relationships. Friendships originated in the Internet are perceived as less close and supportive because they are relatively new and online friends are involved in less joint activities and less topics of discussion. The implications of the findings are discussed.     

社会网络分析方法与研究主题的关联分析

【目的/意义】社会网络分析是由社会学家根据数学方法、图论等发展起来的定量分析方法。本文将对社会网络分析方法与图书情报学研究主题之间的关联性进行分析。【方法/过程】本文利用社会网络领域的术语为检索词,从CNKI收集了图书情报学领域应用社会网络分析方法的论文,对论文的研究主题与研究工具、数据类型及采用的社会网络分析指标进行关联分析,揭示它们之间的联系。【结果/结论】研究发现,国内图书情报学领域学者利用社会网络分析方法时,关注的研究主题,使用的研究工具和数据类型都呈现为一个集中与分散的状态。另外,研究主题不同,关注点不同,研究中所采用的社会网络分析测度指标也存在一定的差异。【创新/局限】本文研究层面呈多样性、细粒度性等特点,重点揭示了网络分析测度指标与研究主题间的潜在关联,研究工具与数据源类型也是本文的关注点,但对研究工具用于解决的具体问题方面没有进行深入挖掘。