Our Invisible College

Our Invisible College

echnology brings us together " is an often-touted argument of the modern age, yet we all know, deep down, that it is also, at best, only partially correct. I know from my travels that the phenomenon of people eating and drinking while staring at their devices in pubs or restaurants is rather oddly not yet considered universally rude. Once common, highly enjoyable, speculative debates over a mea...

Modeling the invisible college

This paper addresses the invisible college concept with the intent of developing a consensus regarding its definition. Emphasis is placed on the term as it was defined and used in Derek de Solla Price’s (1963; 1986) work and reviewed on the basis of its thematic progress in past research over the years. Special attention is given to Lievrouw’s (1990) article concerning the structure versus soci...

The New Invisible College: Science for Development

Well, someone can decide by themselves what they want to do and need to do but sometimes, that kind of person will need some the new invisible college science for development references. People with open minded will always try to seek for the new things and information from many sources. On the contrary, people with closed mind will always think that they can do it by their principals. So, what...

Invisible under Our Feet : a Community ’ S History of Physical and Ideological Exclusion Katherine Prater

The invisible addiction: Cell-phone activities and addiction among male and female college students

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The primary objective of the present study was to investigate which cell-phone activities are associated with cell-phone addiction. No research to date has studied the full-range of cell-phone activities, and their relationship to cell-phone addiction, across male and female cell-phone users. METHODS College undergraduates (N = 164) participated in an online survey. Partic...