Metrics Mania: The Case Against Academia.edu release_n527lrnscfeehc5dvwtrgkp2di

by Jefferson Pooley

Published by Humanities Commons.

2018  

Abstract

Academia.edu has been called "Facebook for academics," and the analogy is fitting: Academia.edu mimics core social-media conventions, down to follower counts, curated profiles with pics, and a scrollable "News Feed" bulletin of followers' uploads. But its reliance on user-facing metrics exceeds anything you'll find on mainstream social media. It comes with a dedicated "Analytics" page resembling a gaming leaderboard or a corporation's annual report. The charts and graphs encourage incessant monitoring, which dovetails with university policies that seek to measure quantifiable "impact." The result? Scholars are internalizing an analytics mind-set.
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