Researchers’ Uses & Perceptions of Academic Social Networking Sites Online Survey

Dear Invitee,

My name is Lingyan Yan. I am a doctoral student at the school of Information Management, Whuhan University, China.

As part of my doctoral research, I would like to invite you to take part in this study. My research will look at how academics perceive their academic social networking sites（ASNS），what's the structure and the role of their ego-network . The first part of the study is a short online survey about your background and the ASNS you use. It should take less than five minutes to complete and will include a request for participants in a follow-up interview.

Following the survey responses, participants who indicate a willingness to take part in further research activities will be invited to collect data in order to visualise their online networks and take part in an online interview.

After the survey has finished, the data will be analysed and written up as part of my doctoral research and publications. Information such as discipline or job position may be included in reports but names and email addresses will not be disclosed at any point. As a participant you have the right to withdraw from the study completely at any point prior to the anonymisation of the data. In accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998), the primary data from the survey will be stored in secure electronic media only accessible by the researcher.

If you have any questions about the project, please contact Lingyan Yan at yanlingyan@whu.edu.cn

If you agree with terms of the project as outlined above and are happy to take part in the survey, please indicate your agreement and launch the survey by clicking continue, below.

https://www.wjx.cn/jq/52827396.aspx