"This book is a reference source for the latest insights on the impact of web services and social technologies for conducting academic research, highlighting international perspectives, emerging scholarly practices, and real-world contexts"-- Section 1. Contextual scenarios of research 2.0 -- Social scholars in the digital age : social scholarship and practices / Jiahang Li, Christine Greenhow, Emilia Askari -- Research and Web 2.0 : technology, innovation and actor constellations / Diego Ponte, Stefan Klein -- Libraries meet research 2.0 : literacies and services / Tibor Koltay, Sonja Špiranec -- Alternative research funding mechanisms : make funding fit for science 2.0 / David Osimo, Laia Pujol Priego, Riina Vuorikari -- Section 2. International perspectives -- Perspectives on digital scholarship : exploring the conceptual landscape and practices in Latin America / Gustavo Daniel Constantino, Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli -- Visibility of scholarly research and changing research communication practices : a case study from Namibia / Catherine Kell, Laura Czerniewicz -- Exploring digital scholarship : a study on the use of social media for scholarly communication among Italian academics / Stefania Manca, Maria Ranieri -- Section 3. Emergent scholarly practices -- Self-organizing the scholarly practices : how the PhD researchers use Web 2.0 and social media / Antonella Esposito -- The hook, woo and spin : academics creating relations on social media / Megan Jane McPherson, Narelle Lemon -- Academics' active/passive use of YouTube for research and for leisure / Yimei Zhu -- Google scholar's filter bubble : an inflated actuality? / Ke Yu, Nazeem Mustapha, Nadeem Oozeer -- Section 4. Potential innovation in researcher development -- Research 2.0 : the contribution of content curation and academic conferences / Maria Spilker, Maria Paula Silva, Lina Morgado -- Writing groups in the digital age : a case study analysis of Shut Up & Write Tuesdays / Siobhan T. O'Dwyer, Sharon L McDonough, Rebecca Jefferson, Jennifer Ann Goff, Michelle Redman-MacLaren -- Digital identity of researchers 2.0 : the case of their personal learning network / Nuno Ricardo Oliveira, Lina Morgado
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