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Permalink Reply by Dr. Badan Barman on December 18, 2011 at 23:31

search over Goolge like
define:Information gatekeepers
define:Technological gatekeepers
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Permalink Reply by Kapil Agrawal on December 19, 2011 at 17:43

The present study identifies a two-step flow process of communication mediated by technological gatekeepers for scientific and technical fields characterized by dynamic information environments. Peer identification and a supervisory recognition of the phenomenon validate the gatekeeper finding. Certain characteristics of this study differ from previous research. The external communication needs of military in-house researchers are mitigated greatly by the infusion of technical information into the laboratory which is a part of the everyday activities of the organization. Gatekeepers are differentiated by topic and not the media monitored. Finally, the gatekeeper phenomenon is implicitly recognized, even though the development may be spontaneous; development that results because either the formal media leave a void in information needs or that engineers are not trained in the use of the formal information sources. In either case, the technological gatekeeper is a natural response to an information need

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Permalink Reply by Kapil Agrawal on December 19, 2011 at 17:48

Sociometric Stars as Isolates

Item Type	Journal Article
Title	Sociometric Stars as Isolates
Author	Chapin, F. Stuart
Abstract	Conventional sociometric diagrams represent "stars" or leaders as the persons most often chosen as the center of a circle of admiring friends. When the data of such heuristic diagrams consist of (I) number of incoming choices; (2) number of outgoing choices; and (3) social status scores or some other rating, and are plotted in a three-dimensional model, instead of drawn on a two-dimensional flat surface, the "stars" no longer appear as in the center but as on the periphery of the total group structures. Thus, in social space (not mere direction of choices), "stars" conform to Cooley's concept of the isolation of the leader.
Publication	The American Journal of Sociology
Volume	56
Issue	3
Pages	263-267
Date	Nov., 1950
ISSN	00029602
URL	http://www.jstor.org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/stable/2771609
Accessed	2009-12-08 08:21:53
Library Catalog	JSTOR
Extra	ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Nov., 1950 / Copyright © 1950 The University of Chicago Press
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Permalink Reply by Kapil Agrawal on December 19, 2011 at 17:52

http://www.uclic.ucl.ac.uk/annb/docs/aaabWP1.pdf

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