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

被引：20

作者：

Chen, CM ^{[1
]}

Newman, J

Newman, R

Rada, R

机构：

[1] Brunel Univ, Dept Informat Syst & Comp, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, Middx, England

[2] Glasgow Caledonian Univ, Dept Comp Studies, Glasgow G4 0BA, Lanark, Scotland

[3] Univ Ulster, Dept Sociol, Newtownabbey BT37 0QB, North Ireland

[4] Washington State Univ, Sch Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Pullman, WA 99164 USA

来源：

INTERACTING WITH COMPUTERS | 1998年 / 10卷 / 04期

关键词：

WWW; connectivity analysis; hypertext references; scientific networks; content analysis;

D O I：

10.1016/S0953-5438(97)00034-9

中图分类号：

TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

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. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：353 / 373

页数：21

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