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work_t7syp4ri3vaa7mvow4apubm34u	Stefania Manca	An analysis of ResearchGate and Academia. edu as socio-technical systems for scholars' networked learning: a multilevel framework proposal	2017.0	15	.pdf	application/pdf	7622	531	47	ABSTRACT Academic social network sites (ASNS) like ResearchGate and Academia.edu are digital KEYWORDS Academic social network sites, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Socio-technical systems, Digital technologies and social media are progressively reshaping professional development and workbased learning in a variety of knowledge intensive professions, such as teachers, academics and health professionals (Manca & Ranieri, 2017a). However, while empirical studies carried out in the light of these networked and social participatory frameworks have mostly focused on the microblogging site Twitter in scholarly practice (Kimmons & Veletsianos, 2016; Li & Greenhow 2015; Stewart, 2015), very few studies have thoroughly investigated academic social network sites (ASNS) like ResearchGate and Academia.edu use in the light of theoretical frameworks A socio-technical approach that combines emergent user practices and content with the platform's organizational level has been proposed in the study of social media and social network sites as microsystems (van ResearchGate and Academia.edu are undoubtedly the most popular of the social networking services developed specifically to support academic and research practices (Nicholas, Herman & Jamali, 2015).	./cache/work_t7syp4ri3vaa7mvow4apubm34u.pdf	./txt/work_t7syp4ri3vaa7mvow4apubm34u.txt