How did university departments interweave the Web: A study of connectivity and underlying factors

Chaomei Chen; Julian Newman; Rhona Newman; Roy Rada

doi:10.1016/S0953-5438(97)00034-9

How did university departments interweave the Web: A study of connectivity and underlying factors

Chaomei Chen, Julian Newman, Rhona Newman Roy Rada

Interacting with computers, v 10(4), pp 353-373

01 Nov 1998

: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0953-5438(97)00034-9

Connectivity analysis

Content analysis

Hypertext references

Scientific networks

WWW

This paper presents two studies of the use of the WWW in Scottish universities and American land-grant universities. First, we investigated the relationship between the organisational profile of a university department in Scotland and its structural connectivity on the WWW. A Spearman rank order correlation analysis revealed a number of strong correlation relationships between structural connectivity measures and the organisational profile based on research assessment exercise ratings, teaching quality assessments, student–staff ratios and funding levels. Linkage patterns from 13 Scottish academic sites to commercial sites in Britain and America highlighted the impact of culture and the appropriateness of information technologies on the acceptance of the WWW. The second study is a content survey of WWW-based education activities in American land-grant universities to investigate successful applications of these enabling techniques in education. The two studies together highlighted cultural, political and technological interactions in the use of the WWW.

: How did university departments interweave the Web: A study of connectivity and underlying factors
: Chaomei Chen - Drexel University, Information Science
Julian Newman - Department of Computer Studies, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA, UK
Rhona Newman - Department of Sociology, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Newtownabbey BT37 0QB, UK
Roy Rada - School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
: Interacting with computers, v 10(4), pp 353-373
: Elsevier
: 21
: Journal article
: English
: Information Science
: WOS:000077835400001
: 2-s2.0-0032208092
: 991014632570604721

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