Scholars in the Digital Age: Social Scholarship and Practices

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Author(s): Jiahang Li (Michigan State University, USA), Christine Greenhow (Michigan State University, USA)and Emilia Askari (Michigan State University, USA)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 16
Source title: Research 2.0 and the Impact of Digital Technologies on Scholarly Inquiry
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Antonella Esposito (University of Milan, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0830-4.ch001

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Research Methods

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This chapter will begin by redefining the concept of scholarship in the digital era. The authors will describe and summarize the conceptualization of social scholarship (Greenhow & Gleason, 2015, 2014) and the practices scholars, using social media, typically perform in different contexts. These practices include but are not limited to disseminating information, promoting academic publications and scholarly ideas, and collaborating and connecting with other scholars. Subsequently, the authors provide findings from their research about scholars' social media practice in academic conferences to illustrate the concept of social scholarship. The conclusions synthesize affordances and challenges that social scholars currently face and suggest implications for future directions.

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