Characterizing an online, science-based affinity space using topic modelling, diversity indices, and social network analysis

L Lundgren, RT Bex, J Bauer, A Lam, E Slater - Cogent Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Characterizing who participates in and contributes to science communication efforts can
extend our understanding of the science education ecosystem, including giving insight into …

Scientific Twitter: The flow of paleontological communication across a topic network

RT Bex, L Lundgren, KJ Crippen - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The field of paleontology, which is based principally on observations of the natural world,
includes an active community that is engaged across multiple social media platforms …

Collections of Practice as High-Level Activity in a Digital Interest-Based Science Community

L Lundgren, KJ Crippen - Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024 - Springer
The theoretical framework of communities of practice (CoP) is often used for framing
research into online communities. However, there is an absence of measures and empirical …

Detecting Differences in Community Conversations with Epistemic Network Analysis

L Lundgren, B Couch - International Conference on Quantitative …, 2024 - Springer
Current research around science education and communication on social media sites,
particularly Twitter (also known as X), lacks holistic exploration and explanation of three key …

Profiles in practice: Stories of paleontology within an online, scientific community

L Lundgren, KJ Crippen, RT Bex - International Journal of Science and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Community of Practice framework has been used theoretically and empirically
to describe the diverse ways people learn from one another through social interaction in a …

[LIVRE][B] Follow the Fossils: Develo** Metrics for Instagram as a Natural Science Communication Tool

SB Ocon, L Lundgren, RT Bex II, JE Bauer, MJ Hughes… - 2021 - cambridge.org
The ability for people to connect, learn, and communicate about science has been
enhanced through the Internet, specifically through social media platforms. Facebook and …

An Online Scientific Twitter World: Social Network Analysis of# ScienceTwitter,# SciComm, and# AcademicTwitter

M Zhang - 2024 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
Understanding who makes up online social worlds as well as how information flows within
those communities is important as more people access news, research topics, collaborate …