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  • Metrics Mania: The Case Against Academia.edu

    Author(s):
    Jefferson Pooley (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    Cultural Studies, Digital Books
    Subject(s):
    Scholarly publishing
    Item Type:
    Online publication
    Tag(s):
    scholarly communication, scholarly publishing, open access, academic social networks, Scholarly communication, Academic labor, Academic publishing
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M64P08
    Abstract:
    Academia.edu has been called "Facebook for academics," and the analogy is fitting: Academia.edu mimics core social-media conventions, down to follower counts, curated profiles with pics, and a scrollable "News Feed" bulletin of followers’ uploads. But its reliance on user-facing metrics exceeds anything you’ll find on mainstream social media. It comes with a dedicated "Analytics" page resembling a gaming leaderboard or a corporation’s annual report. The charts and graphs encourage incessant monitoring, which dovetails with university policies that seek to measure quantifiable "impact." The result? Scholars are internalizing an analytics mind-set.
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    Pub. URL:
    https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Case-Against-Academiaedu/242141
    Publisher:
    Chronicle of Higher Education
    Pub. Date:
    2018-01-07
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial

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