Akademisyenlerin Akademik Sosyal Ağlara Yönelik Tutumları: Ankara Üniversitesi Örneği

Year 2021, Volume: 35 Issue: 2, 208 - 231, 30.06.2021

Demet Işık , Özlem Gökkurt Demirtel

https://doi.org/10.24146/tk.873536

Abstract

Bilimsel iletişimin değişen dinamikleri, genel anlamda araştırmacıların özelde akademisyenlerin araştırma yapma, araştırma sonuçlarını yayımlama ve paylaşma gibi bilimsel iletişim süreçlerini değiştirmiştir. Günümüzde akademisyenler görünürlüklerini ve etkinliklerini artırmak, yayınlarını duyurmak ve paylaşmak için sosyal ağları ve akademik sosyal ağları kullanmaktadırlar. Sosyal bir ağa, akademik içeriğin ve akademik faaliyetlerin eklenmesi ile ortaya çıkan akademik sosyal ağlar; araştırmacılara ve akademisyenlere çeşitli yararlar sağlamaktadır. Amaç: Çalışmada, Ankara Üniversitesi akademisyenlerinin akademik sosyal ağlara ilişkin tutumlarını ve akademik sosyal ağlardan ne ölçüde yararlandıklarını ortaya çıkarmak amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Nicel bir araştırmaya örnek olan bu çalışmada, tarama (survey) tekniğinden yararlanılarak veriler toplanmıştır. Bulgular: 560 akademisyenin katıldığı anket sonucunda elde edilen bulgulara göre akademisyenlerin %82,7’sinin (463 kişi) akademik sosyal ağları kullandığı belirlenmiştir. En çok tercih edilen akademik sosyal ağların Google Scholar, ResearchGate ve Academia.edu olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Akademisyenler, akademik sosyal ağları en çok alanlarıyla ilgili yayınları ve yenilikleri takip etmek ve akademik çalışmaları paylaşmak için kullanmaktadırlar. Akademisyenlerin akademik sosyal ağ kullanım durumlarının cinsiyet ve unvan değişkenlerine göre büyük ölçüde benzerlik gösterdiği fakat fakültelerine ve yaş gruplarına göre anlamlı düzeyde farklılaştığı tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç: Ankara Üniversitesi akademisyenlerinin çoğunluğunun akademik sosyal ağları kullandığı ve dolayısıyla akademisyenlerin akademik sosyal ağlar konusunda farkındalığının olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ancak akademisyenler düzenli kullanım sağlamada, geri bildirimleri takip etmede ve yayın isteklerini karşılamada zorlanmaktadırlar. Özgünlük: Uluslararası literatürde akademik sosyal ağlar ve yararlarının araştırıldığı pek çok çalışma bulunmaktadır. Fakat yerel literatür incelendiğinde akademik sosyal ağları ele alan sınırlı sayıda çalışma olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu açıdan yapılan araştırma, özgün ve yerel literatürde konuyu tartışması açısından önemli bir çalışmadır.

Keywords

Sosyal ağlar, akademik sosyal ağlar, bilimsel iletişim, akademisyenler, akademik etki

Academicians' Attitudes towards Academic Social Networking Sites: The Case of Ankara University

Abstract

The changing dynamics of scholarly communication have changed the scholarly communication processes of researchers in general, especially of academicians, such as conducting research, publishing and sharing research results. Today, academicians use social networks and academic social networking sites to increase their visibility and effectiveness, to announce and share their publications. Academic social networking sites created by adding academic content and academic activities to a social network; it provides various benefits to researchers and academicians. Objective: In this study, it is aimed to reveal the attitudes of Ankara University academicians towards academic social networking sites and to what extent they benefit from academic networking sites. Method: In this study, which is an example of quantitative research, data were collected using the survey technique. Findings: According to the findings obtained as a result of the survey participated by 560 academicians, it was determined that 82.7% of the academicians (463 people) used academic social networking sites. It has been determined that the most preferred academic social networking sites are Google Scholar, ResearchGate and Academia.edu. Academicians use academic social networking sites mostly for the purposes of following publications and innovations in their field and sharing academic studies. It was determined that academic social networking sites usage situations of academicians were similar to a great extent according to gender and title variables, but differed significantly according to their faculties and age groups. Conclusion: It was concluded that the majority of Ankara University academicians use academic social networking sites and therefore they have awareness of these sites. However, while using academic social networking sites the academicians have difficulties in providing regular use, following feedback, and meeting publication requests. Originality: There are many studies in the international literature investigating academic social networking sites and their benefits. However, when the local literature was examined, it was found that there were a limited number of studies dealing with academic social networking sites. In this respect, the research is a distinctive and significant study in terms of discussing the subject in local literature.

Keywords

Social networks, Academic Social Networking Sites, scholary communication, academicians, academic impact

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