TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - The impact of computer based communication on the social structure of an emerging scientific specialty
JO  - Social networks
A1  - Freeman, Linton C.
SP  - 201
EP  - 221
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0378-8733
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-8733(84)90011-X
ID  - ref1
ER  -