Katy Jordan|Martin Weller
Academics and Social Networking Sites: Benefits, Problems and Tensions in Professional Engagement with Online Networking
The Open University
web profound effect ways people interact online social networks arguably playing important role changing augmenting connect others however uptake online social networking academic community varies needs understood paper presents independent novel analysis largescale dataset published nature publishing group detailing results survey academics use online social networking services open coding approach used analyse 480 previously unused text responses analysis revealed wide range benefits also problems associated engaging online networking tensions within analysis provides insight nuances uptake exploring clusters coreported benefits problems within qualitative analysis findings help move forward current debates surrounding social media use academics viewed solely beneficial terms towards understanding problems tensions arise academic work online