Citation

Freeman LC. Soc. Netw. 1984; 6(3): 201-221.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0378-8733(84)90011-X

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This is a study of the impact of a computer conference on the formation of interpersonal ties among scientists. Various techniques from social networks analysis are adapted and used to study the structure of interpersonal ties among a set of scientists both before and during a computer conference. Although the data are not experimental, the results are suggestive. The computer, it seems, can perhaps take the place of protracted face-to-face interaction and provide the sort of social structure out of which a scientific specialty can grow.