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Wi4impact: Influence of Science Blogs and Podcasts on Knowledge Transfer

GESIS, Cologne. ZA8925 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14496
Abstract: The study on the influence of science blogs and podcasts on knowledge transfer was conducted by GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. The basic population consisted of science blogs and podcasts from German state universities, universities of applied sciences and non-university research institutions, which were examined using various methods. In the run-up to the survey, a web search was carried out between September 2022 and February 2023 with the aim of characterizing the population of blogs and podcasts from German state universities, colleges and research institutions. Basic d ... more
Content: Web research (variables from upstream web-based research): Medium (blog, podcast); type of institution of the blog/podcast (university, college, non-university research institution); start year of the first blog post/podcast episode. Survey (variables from online survey): Overall concept for the production of the blog/podcast; content defined in t ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 09.2022 - 09.2024
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Blogs and podcasts from German state universities, colleges and research institutions
Number of Units: 268
Sampling Procedure: • Total universe/Complete enumeration;
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section | Longitudinal
Analysis Unit: Media unit
Mode of Data Collection: • Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI) • Automated data extraction • Automated data extraction: API query • Automated data extraction: Web scraping • Content coding; Web research: Web research via website search functions and Google, manual coding Survey: standardized online survey Performance survey: standardized online surv ... more
Data Collector: GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Analysis System(s): Excel
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 185

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Kuhle, Birte - GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften | Voigt, Charmaine - GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften | Repke, Lydia - GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften | Breuer, Johannes - GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Publication year: 2025
DOI: 10.4232/1.14496
Study number: ZA8925
Publisher: GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2025-02-26, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14496
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Reference publications

Publications: GESIS Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften: Wi4impact: Einfluss von Wissenschaftsblogs und -podcasts auf Wissenstransfer – Codebuch | GESIS Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften: Wi4impact: Einfluss von Wissenschaftsblogs und -podcasts auf Wissenstransfer – Methodik
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Kuhle, Birte, Voigt, Charmaine, Repke, Lydia, & Breuer, Johannes (2025). Wi4impact: Influence of Science Blogs and Podcasts on Knowledge Transfer. GESIS, Cologne. ZA8925 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14496.

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