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How did university departments interweave the web: a study of connectivity and underlying factors.
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| Title: | How did university departments interweave the web: a study of connectivity and underlying factors. |
| Authors: | Chen, Chaomei
Newman, Julian
Newman, Rhona
Rada, Roy |
| Keywords: | WWW
Connectivity Analysis
Hypertext References
Scientific Networks
Content Analysis |
| Issue Date: | 1-Nov-1997 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Citation: | Interacting with Computers, 10 (4): pp. 353-373. |
| Abstract: | This paper presents two studies of the use of the WWW in Scottish universities and American
land-grant universities. First, we investigated the relationship between the organisational profile of a
university department in Scotland and its structural connectivity on the WWW. A Spearman rank
order correlation analysis revealed a number of strong correlation relationships between structural
connectivity measures and the organisational profile based on research assessment exercise ratings,
teaching quality assessments, student–staff ratios and funding levels. Linkage patterns from 13
Scottish academic sites to commercial sites in Britain and America highlighted the impact of culture
and the appropriateness of information technologies on the acceptance of the WWW. The second
study is a content survey of WWW-based education activities in American land-grant universities to
investigate successful applications of these enabling techniques in education. The two studies
together highlighted cultural, political and technological interactions in the use of the WWW. |
| URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0953-5438(97)00034-9
http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1961 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Research and Publications (IST)
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