tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15328831.post7309489099518226675..comments2024-03-21T20:16:10.667+00:00Comments on Information Literacy Weblog: Will you share this without clicking?Sheila Webberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09929764583069948543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15328831.post-29828188399230096172016-07-13T19:14:11.835+01:002016-07-13T19:14:11.835+01:00I know I am a month late to the party, but I just ...I know I am a month late to the party, but I just encountered this article recently through it being shared on Facebook. I did read the ACM study and was surprised to find that despite the WP post headline claiming that 6 in 10 people share articles without having read them, the ACM study says absolutely nothing of the sort. What the study does say is that 59% of the links that were tweeted where not clicked on by any of the tweeters followers. There is no way of knowing whether the original tweeter had looked at the article before tweeting it or not. <br /><br />This is a case of a reporter, or maybe more of a blogger working under the WP umbrella, not understanding how to read a technical study. So, it is better suited, I think, as an example where reading the actual study is important.<br /><br />I even followed up with the author who was quoted in the WP in a way that seemed to back up her headline, and he confirmed that my interpretation was correct. <br /><br />This isn't to say that people are not sharing without reading the article first. It is just that the methodology used in the ACM paper is not able to address that question.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427210203448114919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15328831.post-45837593048484452482016-06-23T15:55:32.416+01:002016-06-23T15:55:32.416+01:00I wonder about the value and significance of altme...I wonder about the value and significance of altmetrics for scientific articles.Schlindweinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886750744542234545noreply@blogger.com