T.Finhold - Collaboratories
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The probability of person-to-person communication under t,raditional circumstances is strongly constrained by distance; diminishing to zero beyond thirty meters (Allen, 1977; Kraut,Egido, & Galegher, 1990).
"In this case, then, use of the Internet will produce increased balkanization rather than increased diversification. Under the balkanization scenario, scientists will interact and collaborate more with geographically distributed scientists, but these distant collaborators will be highly similar on critical dimensions (e.g., status, training, methodology preference)." - Is this happening to us? Does GEOSS etc - make it more likely that we stick to people like us (not near us)?
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