Advancing science through conversations: bridging the gap between blogs and the academy

Shelley A Batts; Nicholas J Anthis; Tara C Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060240

Advancing science through conversations: bridging the gap between blogs and the academy

PLoS Biol. 2008 Sep 23;6(9):e240. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060240.

Authors

Shelley A Batts¹, Nicholas J Anthis, Tara C Smith

Affiliation

¹ Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Abstract

Blogs have stormed the Internet, providing an interactive medium for rapid and wide-reaching information dispersal. But is there a place for blogs in academia?

MeSH terms

Academies and Institutes*
Communication*
Humans
Internet*
Quality Control
Science*