scholarly journals Recommendation in the Social Web

AI Magazine ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Burke ◽  
Jonathan Gemmell ◽  
Andreas Hotho ◽  
Robert Jäschke
Keyword(s):  
Recommender Systems ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Social Web ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Social Applications ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Personal Media ◽  
The Way

Recommender systems are a means of personalizing the presentation of information to ensure that users see the items most relevant to them. The social web has added new dimensions to the way people interact on the Internet, placing the emphasis on user-generated content. Users in social networks create photos, videos and other artifacts, collaborate with other users, socialize with their friends and share their opinions online. This outpouring of material has brought increased attention to recommender systems, as a means of managing this vast universe of content. At the same time, the diversity and complexity of the data has meant new challenges for researchers in recommendation. This article describes the nature of recommendation research in social web applications and provides some illustrative examples of current research directions and techniques. It is difficult to overstate the impact of the social web. This new breed of social applications is reshaping nearly every human activity from the way people watch movies to how they overthrow governments. Facebook allows its members to maintain friendships whether they live next door or on another continent. With Twitter, users from celebrities to ordinary folks can launch their 140 character messages out to a diverse horde of ‘‘followers.” Flickr and YouTube users upload their personal media to share with the world, while Wikipedia editors collaborate on the world’s largest encyclopedia.

scholarly journals We Need to Talk about Impact: Why Social Policy Academics need to Engage with the UK's Research Impact Agenda

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHERINE E. SMITH ◽  
ELLEN STEWART
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Policy Response ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Policy Relevance ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

AbstractOf all the social sciences, social policy is one of the most obviously policy-orientated. One might, therefore, expect a research and funding agenda which prioritises and rewards policy relevance to garner an enthusiastic response among social policy scholars. Yet, the social policy response to the way in which major funders and the Research Excellence Framework (REF) are now prioritising ‘impact’ has been remarkably muted. Elsewhere in the social sciences, ‘research impact’ is being widely debated and a wealth of concerns about the way in which this agenda is being pursued are being articulated. Here, we argue there is an urgent need for social policy academics to join this debate. First, we employ interviews with academics involved in health inequalities research, undertaken between 2004 and 2015, to explore perceptions, and experiences, of the ‘impact agenda’ (an analysis which is informed by a review of guidelines for assessing ‘impact’ and relevant academic literature). Next, we analyse high- and low-scoring REF2014 impact case studies to assess whether these concerns appear justified. We conclude by outlining how social policy expertise might usefully contribute to efforts to encourage, measure and reward research ‘impact’.

Using the Social Web for Collaborations in Software Engineering Education

2010 ◽  
pp. 1012-1029
Author(s):  
Pankaj Kamthan
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Social Web ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Software Engineering Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collaborative Activities ◽  
The Impact

The discipline of software engineering has been gaining significance in computer science and engineering education. The technological environment in which software engineering education (SEE) resides and thrives has also been changing over the past few years. A technological revitalization of SEE requires a considerate examination from human and social perspectives. This chapter studies the impact of integrating Social Web technologies and applications based on these technologies in collaborative activities pertaining to SEE. In particular, teacher–student and student–student collaborations, both inside and outside the classroom, are highlighted. In doing so, the feasibility issues in selection and adoption of technologies/applications are emphasized and the use of pedagogically-inclined patterns is made. The potential prospects of such an integration and related concerns are illustrated by practical examples

Workshop on recommender systems and the social web

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietmar Jannach ◽  
Werner Geyer ◽  
Casey Dugan ◽  
Jill Freyne ◽  
Sarabjot Singh Anand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Recommender Systems ◽  
Social Web ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Is bisexuality invisible? A review of sexualities scholarship 1970–2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surya Monro ◽  
Sally Hines ◽  
Antony Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

This article provides a review of sexualities scholarship within the social sciences between 1970 and 2015. It takes an innovative approach by focusing on the way in which bisexuality is addressed in this body of literature. The article reveals the marginalisation, under-representation and invisibility of bisexuality within and across the social sciences in relation to both bisexual experience and identity. Reasons for this varied across the different eras, including the heterosexist nature of the literature, the impact of gay and lesbian-focused identity politics, and queer deconstructionism. In addition, patterns of bisexual erasure and invisibility were uneven, with some scholarship taking inclusive approaches or criticising prejudice against bisexuality. The initial findings of the review were enriched by critical commentary from key relevant sociologists and political scientists. The article concludes that future sexualities scholarship could be enhanced by greater consideration of bisexuality.

3rd workshop on recommender systems and the social web

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Freyne ◽  
Sarabjot Singh Anand ◽  
Ido Guy ◽  
Andreas Hotho
Keyword(s):  
Recommender Systems ◽  
Social Web ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals The Implementation of Altmetrics in Library as an Alternative Measurement Method for Scholarly Article Impact in Social Web Ecosystem

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuning Kurniasih
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Social Web ◽  
Digital Format ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scholarly Article ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Alternative Measurement ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Article Impact

Altmetrics is an alternative method to complement the traditional method to measure impact of scholarly articles in social web ecosystem. This paper aims to examine how the librarians can implement Altmetrics in their library so it can deliver high impact scholarly article. The method to reach the aim is by evaluation method. The study shows that (1) The librarian has an important role in disseminating, training as well as for administrative assessor of Altmetrics (2) The scholarly trends in publishing articles mostly use digital format with interactive dialog. It is marked by the increasing presence of the scholar in various social media platform which can build effective communication among researchers. (3) that social media have brought the activity of sharing and collaborating not only among researchers on the same field but also on the different field. (4) The impact of scholarly article on the social web can be seen from how many clicks, reads, shares, saves/downloads, discussions in a forum, adaptations, reviews of a scholarly article, etc.(5) To implement Altmetrics in the Library, the library will need to prepare (a) Altmetrics knowledge and skills for librarians (b) organization support (c) good willing to start (d) librarian assistantship to help writers or researchers to create scholarly article that has an impact.From Altmetrics, the scholar can (1) explore the impact of scholarly article; (2) manage the scholarly reputation. The result of this study can be a basic consideration for the librarians to develop their collection based on the impact of scholarly article and the requirement of users. Abstract in Bahasa Indonesia:Altmetrics adalah sebuah metode yang melengkapi metode tradisional untuk mengukur impact (dampak) dari sebuah karya ilmiah di lingkungan web sosial. Paper ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan bagaimana pustakawan dapat mengimplementasikan Altmetrics di perpustakaan sehingga mereka dapat memberikan alternatif karya ilmiah yang mempunyai impact tinggi. Metode yang dipergunakan untuk mencapai tujuan ini adalah dengan menggunakan metode evaluasi. Paper ini memperlihatkan bahwa (1) pustakawan mempunyai peran penting dalam menyebarkan, melatih dan sebagai pendamping administratif untuk Altmetrics (2) Trend publikasi ilmiah saat ini adalah menggunakan format digital dengan dialog interaktif. Hal ini ditandai dengan peningkatan jumlah kehadiran akademisi di berbagai platform media sosial yang dapat meningkatkan efektifitas komunikasi diantara para peneliti (3) sosial media berperan dalam menunjang aktivitas sharing dan kolaborasi tidak hanya dikalangan peneliti dalam satu bidang yang sama, melainkan juga peneliti dalam beragam disiplin (multi disiplin) (4) Impact/dampak dari publikasi ilmiah di web sosial dapat dilihat dari seberapa banyak sebuah paper diklik, dibaca, dibagikan, disimpan/di-download, didiskusikan dalam sebuah forum, diadaptasi serta di-review (5) Untuk dapat mengimplementasikan Altmetrics di perpustakaan, perpustakaan memerlukan (a) pengetahuan dan keterampilan bagi pustakawan (b) dukungan organisasi (c) keinginan untuk mengimplementasikan Altmetrics (d) pendampingan pustskawan untuk membantu penulis atau peneliti membuat sebuah publikasi yang memiliki impact. Dari Altmetrics, akademisi dapat (1) mengeksplorasi impact dari artikel ilmiahnya (2) menjaga reputasi online. Penelitian ini dapat menjadi dasar bagi pustakawan dalam mengembangkan koleksi perpustakaan berdasarkan impact dari sebuah artikel dan kebutuhan pengguna.

scholarly journals Using, Citing and Publishing Scholarly Content in the Digital Age: Case Study of Humanities Researchers

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (1(105)) ◽  
pp. 7-19
Author(s):  
David Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
International Study ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

PURPOSE: The research upon which this article is largely based comes from a year-long international study of trustworthiness in scholarly Communications in the digital age, Essentially, the main thrust of the project was to determine the impact of the digital transition and the new products it has ushered in, such as open access publications and the social media, on academic researchers’ scholarly practices. This paper focuses and reflects further on the disciplinary differences of scholarly researchers when it comes to using, citing and publishing and, especially, whether arts and humanities researchers are any different in the way they think and behave to their counterparts in the sciences and social sciences. APPROACH/METHODS: An international survey of over 3650 academic researchers examined how trustworthiness is determined when making decisions on scholarly reading, citing, and publishing in the digital age. The survey asked respondents whether or not they agreed with comments and ąuotes about scholarly behaviour obtained from pre-survey focus groups and interviews. Data from focus groups, interviews and the published literature are also used to explain further the results of the survey. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: In generał, it was found that traditional methods and criteria remain important across the board. That is, researchers have moved inexorably from a print-based system to a digital system, but have not significantly changed the way they decide what to trust, where to publish, what to cite or use. Social media outlets and (non-peer reviewed) open access publications are not fully trusted. However, there were some significant differences according to the discipline of the respondent and this papers focuses upon these differences by comparing the views and behaviour of arts and humanities researchers with those from other disciplines. The main findings were: a) journals and the metrics that surround them are clearly not so important to humanities scholars, but nevertheless still pretty important; b) humanities researchers take a lot more care about what they use and where content comes from; c) humanities researchers look slightly more favourably on the social media. Originality/value: As far as it is known this is the first comprehensive study of digital humanities researchers and their decisions on what they use and cite and where they choose to publish.

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