One way to gain a principled understanding of computer-mediated communication (CMC) use in the wild is to consider the properties of the communication medium, the usage practices, and the social context in which practices are situated. We describe the adoption and use of a novel, chat-like system called Babble. Drawing on interviews and conversation logs from a 6-month field study of six differ...

The potential of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) to enable new forms of social interaction and foster democratisation of decision making has raised much interest but has been challenged by contradictory research results. Conceived as a tool, CMC was examined in terms of its social effects thus indicating a degree of technological determinism. In this paper, we explore CMC as an extension ...

This article discusses the state of research in field communication science Indonesia, focusing on development themes. Data were gathered via a survey distributed to study programs Indonesia that are members Association for Higher Education Communication Sciences (ASPIKOM). paper is strengthened by review findings published various international journals. The data indicates has been trending to...

The characterisation of scholarly communication is dominated by citation-based measures. In this paper we propose several metrics to describe different facets of open access and open research. We discuss measures to represent the public availability of articles along with their archival location, licences, access costs and supporting information. Calculations illustrating these new metrics are ...

Scientists’ participation in science communication and public engagement activities is considered important and a duty. However, in particular, the science-media relationship has not been studied frequently. In this paper, we present findings from interviews with both scientists and journalists which were guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior. Results show that different behavioural, normati...