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Contemporary Art as Aesthetic Innovation: Applying the Diffusion Model in the Art World.
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Lievrouw, Leah A.; Pope, Janice T. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1994
Explores the applicability of the diffusion model to communication processes in the art world. The main fields of social studies of arts are reviewed in terms of communication research issues. Principal elements of the diffusion model are examined, and suggestions are given for applying this approach in the art world. (Contains 57 references.)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Art, Communication Research, Diffusion (Communication)
If Dissemination Is the Solution, What Is the Problem?
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Knott, Jack; Wildavsky, Aaron – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1980
Discusses the dissemination of information, particularly relating to knowledge about public policy. Topics addressed include programs in government agencies to disseminate information; dissemination and knowledge utilization; transferring knowledge and information; knowledge and decision making; the amount of knowledge available; inattention and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Government Role, Information Dissemination, Information Transfer
Data Access, Ownership, and Control: Toward Empirical Studies of Access Practices.
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Hilgartner, Stephen; Brandt-Rauf, Sherry I. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1994
Examines how the new sociology of science can approach data access issues. A perspective is developed based on an analysis of the process of scientific production, data streams, and intellectual policy issues. (Contains 55 references.) (JLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Ethnography, Information Dissemination, Information Transfer
Contrasting Assessments of Interdisciplinarity in Emerging Specialties: The Case of Neural Networks Research.
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McCain, Katherine W.; Whitney, P. Joy – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1994
Discussion of bibliometric analysis of interdisciplinary research in emerging fields focuses on a study of neural networks research that examined citation analyses, publishing patterns and subject terms, and journal subject classification. Roles that journals can play in interdisciplinary information transfer are considered. (Contains 42…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Citations (References), Classification, Information Transfer