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Has the Internet Reduced Friendship? Scientific Relationships in Ghana, Kenya, and India, 1994-2010 (May 2017)

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Technoscience; science and technology studies Internet Scientific collaboration Friendship Computer networks--Social Aspects 21st century 20th century Kenya Ghana India

Has the Internet changed the pattern of social relations? More specifically, have social relations undergone any systematic change during the recent widespread diffusion of new communications technology? This question is addressed using a unique longitudinal survey that bookends the entire period of Internet diffusion in two African nations and one Indian state. We analyze data on nine professional linkages reported by a population of agricultural and environmental scientists in Kenya, Ghana, and Kerala over a sixteen-year period (1994-2010). Factor analysis reveals two clusters of relationships, one interpretable as traditional scientific exchange, the other indicating mediated forms of collaboration. While collaboration increases in frequency, friendship declines. We interpret this shift as a consequence of communications technology that facilitates formal projects, reducing the affective dimension of professional association.

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Authors & Contributors
Ruy Fabila-Monroy
Luis Humberto Fabila-Castillo
Tehya Stockman
Mareike Smolka
Andreas Kolb
Romanienko, Lisiunia A.
Journals
Science, Technology and Human Values
Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
Social Studies of Science
Science as Culture
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Engineering Studies
Publishers
UCL Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Oxford University Press
IEEE
Amsterdam University Press
Harvard University
Concepts
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Scientific collaboration
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Ethnography
Identity
Health care
People
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Swarup, Govind
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
Ghana
India
Kenya
Latin America
Japan
Africa
Institutions
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
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