ANZCA_lucypower_2009

Web 2.0 as a Facilitator of Scien4ﬁc/Intellectual Movements Lucy Power, Oxford Internet Ins4tute Delivered at the Australia New Zealand Communica4ons Organisa4on Annual Conference, July 2009

Outline 1. hat cons4tutes a Scien4ﬁc W Intellectual Movement (SIM)? 2. pen Notebook Science O3. cience blogging S4. nforma4on-‐sharing via FriendFeed I5. oodness of ﬁt to SIM G6. onclusions/Ongoing research C

What is a Scien4fic Intellectual Movement? (SIM) • Conten4ous rela4ve to scien4fic domain norms • Challenge received wisdom • Involve drama4c breaks with past prac4ces • Are poli4cal • Cons4tuted through “organized collec4ve ac4on”, requiring “spa4al, temporal and social coordina4on” • Enrollment /coordinated social ac4vity takes place. For example, publica4ons, conferences and grant-‐wri4ng. Frickel, S., & Gross, N. (2005). A general theory of scien4fic/intellectual movements. Am Sociol Rev, 70(2), 204-‐232.

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SIM or not? • Conten4ous? • Challenges received wisdom? • Breaks with past prac4ce? • Is poli4cal? • Involves organised collec4ve ac4on and coordina4on? • Enrols others?

Ongoing Research • 2nd year DPhil @ Oxford Internet Ins4tute • Thesis on e-‐Research in the Life Sciences, speciﬁcally inves4ga4ng the use of online tools. • What are the consequences of the use of these tools for various aspects of research, including the roles of scien4sts, collabora4on prac4ces, openness, communica4on prac4ces, the roles of gatekeeper ins4tu4ons, scien4ﬁc career status and rewards, and science in the media and public sphere. • Collec4ng interview data from life scien4sts involved in using online tools and their colleagues. • Par4cipants extremely open and posi4ve

Thank you. Lucy Power Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) Candidate Oxford Internet Ins4tute, University of Oxford Supervised by Dr Ralph Schroeder and Dr Eric M. Meyer lucy.power@oii.ox.ac.uk

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