scholars in the blogosphere
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Presentation given on April 18, 2012 for the Promotion & Tenure Brown Bag Lecture Series at the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University Bloomington.TRANSCRIPT
SCHOLARS IN THE
BLOGOSPHERE
Assistant Professor ▪ School of Information Studies
P&T BROWN BAG LECTURE SERIES ▪ 18 APR 2012 ▪ SLIS ▪ IUB
Questionnaires
Interviews
Blog Analysis BLOGGER
BLOG
03 | xx research questions units & data sources
History| Economics | Law | BioChemPhys
06 | xx population blogs
<http://www.academicblogs.org>
ACADEMIC BLOG PORTAL
06 | xx population blog eligibility
1. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
2. PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH
3. KNOWLEDGE OR PERSONAL BLOG
4. TIME-STAMPED POSTS
5. ACTIVELY PUBLISHED TO
6. AT LEAST 1 YEAR OLD
7. PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS (RE: AUTHORSHIP)
8. AUTHORED BY 1 OR MORE “SCHOLARS”
8a. [CO-BLOGS] POSTED W/IN 1 MONTH
8b. [CO-BLOGS] MEETS SCHOLAR CRITERIA
9. [ALL BLOGS] BLOGGER CONTACT INFO
blogger eligibility
part 1
(29%)
125 Single-Blogs | 63 Co-Blogs
History| Economics | Law | BioChemPhys
06 | xx population eligible blogs (N=644)
107 Single-Bloggers | 187 Co-Bloggers
eligible bloggers
Completed sample:
153 respondents
RR 1: QI: 63% | QII: 46% | QI/II: 52%
Outcome rates derived from Internet surveys of specifically named persons
from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR, 2009)
questionnaires (N=294)
24 semi-structured
phone interviews
72 (47%) of QI & QII respondents expressed interest
interviews
Coded 93 blogs
57 to 63 Indicators
(on/off blog)
Authorship Attributes
Blog Elements & Features
Rights & Disclaimers
Authority & Audience
Blog Publishing Activity
Post Features
Archiving
blog analysis (SR: 49.5%)
results
%
post-secondary institution
OCCUPATION
BLOGGER
%
(n=58)
Distinguished/
Chaired Prof.
Professor/
Full Prof. +
OCCUPATION
BLOGGER
AGE
years
(range 25 to 70 years old)
mean real age
BLOGGER
(range 0 to 39 years)
mean professional age
years
AGE
BLOGGER
ESTABLISHED PUBLICATION AND SERVICE
HISTORY
BLOGGER
IDENTITY
Real name | Both | Pseudonym
84 13 8 % % %
BLOG
(57% between 5 to 8 years old)
mean blog age
years
BLOG AGE
BLOG
%
first blog published to
BLOG HISTORY
BLOGGER
%
BLOG INSTANCES
publish to 2 or more blogs
BLOGGER
BLOGGING OVER TIME
About the same 35%
Somewhat more 14%
Somewhat less 25%
A lot less 17%
A lot more 8%
BLOGGER
%
do not tweet
MICROBLOGGING
BLOGGER
%
make all of their posts
publicly available
POSTING
BLOGGER
%
POSTING
update their blog 1+
times per week
BLOGGER
%
POSTING
published a new post
within the previous week
BLOG
Average posts per month
(range 1 to 324)
posts
POSTING
BLOG
PRIMARY AUDIENCE
0% 100%
General public
Colleagues and
professional peers
Everyone else students, family, friends, others
8%
32%
61%
BLOGGER
Public 100%
Subject to
critical
review 68%
Allows use and
exchange 94%
Scholarly
record
80%
66% agree with
all three criteria
Association of Research
Libraries (1986).
Braxton, J.M., Luckey, W.,
& Helland, P. (2002).
SCHOLARSHIP
BLOGGER
%
… to present
INVITATIONS
BLOGGER
%
… to collaborate
INVITATIONS
BLOGGER
%
… to serve
INVITATIONS
BLOGGER
%
INVITATIONS
… to publish
BLOGGER
SCHOLARY LIFE
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
RESEARCH CREATIVITY
RESEARCH QUALITY
WRITING QUALITY
WRITING EFFICIENCY
SHARING PRE-PUBS
TEACHING QUALITY
WORK ENJOYMENT
GREATER VISIBILITY
PROMOTION
IMPROVED
NEITHER
IMPAIRED
BLOGGER
%
ENGAGEMENT
employ a post
commenting feature
BLOGGER
%
respond to comments
ENGAGEMENT
BLOGGER
%
COMMENTS
of most recent posts
had zero comments
BLOG
COMMENTS 2009
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
0 1 2-3 4-5 6-10 11-19 ≥ 20
COMMENTS
PO
STS
BLOG
So looked at
earlier posts
BLOG
COMMENTS
RIGHTS & USE
Creative
Commons (n=13)
Copyright
Statement (n=34)
%
no rights or use statements
at blog or post level
BLOG
%
DISCLAIMERS
have an explicit or implicit
disclaimer-style statement
Own
opinion
Not
responsible
Advice
BLOG
%
COMMENT POLICY
have an explicit or implicit
comment policy or guidelines
Moderation
Tone &
language
Copyright &
licenses
BLOG
%
EDITING
edit posts after publication
BLOGGER
Spelling/
Grammar
Rephrasing
Incorrect Info
Published before
ready
… only 2 blogs included
a policy or statement
BLOG
%
DELETING
delete posts after publication
BLOGGER
Duplicate
Post
“Post Regret”
Too sensitive or
revealing
%
Agree preservation for public access & use
into the indefinite future (strongly or somewhat)
BLOGGER
PRESERVATION
BLOGGER
PRESERVATION
0% 100%
Personal access/use
Indefinite future
Public access/use
Indefinite future
Personal access/use
Short-term future
Public access/use
Short-term future
16%
19%
76%
80%
%
Purposefully save entire blog via an
archiving service or independently
BLOGGER
SAVING
%
SAVING
Purposefully save some
blog components
BLOGGER
Export tools
Personal
back-ups
Document/text files
Via syndication
services
if? What
SADNESS
C’EST LA VIE
RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER
Devastated,
both emotionally and
professionally.
Pretty
bad.
Very
sad.
SADNESS
C’EST LA VIE
RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER
SADNESS
C’EST LA VIE
RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER
Mad as hell.
I’d do something
drastic [in response].
Pretty
peeved. Angry
& upset.
SADNESS
C’EST LA VIE
RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER
I don’t have to
do it anymore. I get half an hour of my
life back.
SADNESS
C’EST LA VIE
RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER
Not welcomed
but not tragic …
I’d get over it.
Probably
have a drink & forget about it.
Pour another cup
of coffee & get back to work. Drop out …
until something else
comes along.
SADNESS
C’EST LA VIE
RELIEF DOUBT
ANGER
It would take an
extreme catastrophe.
How would
that happen?
Blogs Teaching
materials
Books
Journal
articles
Blogs
Personnel
Communications
Books
Journal
articles
Filter
Blogs
Class
Blogs
Traditional
Publications
Blogs
Law review
articles
Blogs
Books
Journal
articles
Blogs
Self-
Publications
Peer-
Reviewed
Publications
Journal
articles
Filter
Blogs
Works-in-
progress
Blogs
Published
Papers
Blogs
Peer-
Reviewed
Publications
Informal
Publications
Blogs
Lab
Notebooks
Published
Papers
Dissertations
& Theses
Monographs
Select
Blog Posts
Books
Blogs
Books
Journal
articles
Journal
articles
Book
Reviews
Blogs
Journal
articles
Teaching
materials
Scientific &
Scholarly
Research
Pedagogical
Research & Tools
Blogs
LOWER HIGHER
PRESERVATION PRIORITY
BLOG DELETION
%
have deleted a blog
BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
RESPONSIBILITY CAPABILITY
Blogger
Co-Author(s)
Provider/Host/Network
Search Engine
Public Trust
preservation BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
RESPONSIBILITY CAPABILITY
Blogger
Co-Author(s)
Provider/Host/Network
Search Engine
Public Trust
Nat'l Library
Nat'l Archive
Inst'l Library
Inst'l Archive
Inst'l IT Dept
preservation BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS
Better things to do
Personal responsibility
Personal communications
Bad experience
BLOGGER PERCEPTIONS
first line of
defense
first line of
defense
final line of
defense
part 2 … or, what’s next
1. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
2. PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH
3. KNOWLEDGE OR PERSONAL BLOG
4. TIME-STAMPED POSTS
5. ACTIVELY PUBLISHED TO
6. AT LEAST 1 YEAR OLD
7. PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS (RE: AUTHORSHIP)
8. AUTHORED BY 1 OR MORE “SCHOLARS”
BLOG
Not actively
published to
in previous
3 months (n=156)
left no message behind
on where they went or
if they would be back
BLOG
%
AVAILABLE BUT INACTIVE
THE BLOG
BREAK-UP POST
BLOG
DEAR JOHN …
A Comparison of Communication
and Preservation Perceptions and
Practices between Blogging
LIS Scholar-Practitioners and
LIS Scholar-Researchers
THE BIBLIOBLOGOSPHERE
Awarded 2012 OCLC/ALISE LIS Research Grant
(Co-PI: Dr. Cassidy Sugimoto, Indiana-Bloomington)
THANK YOU CAROLYN HANK
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (001)514.398.4684
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QUESTIONS?