Purpose – As researchers need partners to collaborate with, this study aims to provide author recommendation for academic researchers for potential collaboration, conference planning, and compilation of scientific working groups with the help of social information. Hereby the chapter analyzes...

Purpose – This research examines the nexus of two important phenomena: established information practices and the uptake of social media tools to facilitate or extend these practices. It aims to provide a conceptual account of how social media is embedded in the practices of the information...

Purpose – To investigate the potential of the semantic web as a source of information about social networks within academia, as well as more widely for webometric investigations. Methodology – The functionality of five semantic search engines were analyzed to determine their suitability for...

Purpose – To examine the connection between social media and games, and to analyze information phenomena relating to them. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of existing research is combined with results from two studies. Findings – Players use game-related social media as an expansion...

Purpose – Twitter was introduced in 2006, and in the ensuing five years it has struggled in its path to gain legitimacy. This chapter seeks to demonstrate that although the format is often ephemeral and seemingly inane, there are in fact many useful means for researchers to utilize the medium...

Purpose – The purpose of this chapter is to explore whether and how social tagging can be useful in an information web site for cancer patients and their relatives. Methodology/approach – Three studies have been carried out in order to investigate the research questions. First, we reviewed...