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Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy

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  • Shelley A Batts
  • Nicholas J Anthis
  • Tara C Smith

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Blogs have stormed the Internet, providing an interactive medium for rapid and wide-reaching information dispersal. But is there a place for blogs in academia?

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  • Shelley A Batts & Nicholas J Anthis & Tara C Smith, 2008. "Advancing Science through Conversations: Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(9), pages 1-5, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:0060240
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060240
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    1. Peter Nauroth & Mario Gollwitzer & Jens Bender & Tobias Rothmund, 2015. "Social Identity Threat Motivates Science-Discrediting Online Comments," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(2), pages 1-26, February.
    2. Hadas Shema & Judit Bar-Ilan & Mike Thelwall, 2012. "Research Blogs and the Discussion of Scholarly Information," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(5), pages 1-8, May.

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