@article{ref1,
title="The impact of computer based communication on the social structure of an emerging scientific specialty",
journal="Social networks",
year="1984",
author="Freeman, Linton C.",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="201-221",
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.<p />",
language="",
issn="0378-8733",
doi="10.1016/0378-8733(84)90011-X",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-8733(84)90011-X"
}