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crl-14929	Schwartz, Charles A.	The Strength of Weak Ties in Electronic Development of the Scholarly Communication System	1994-11-01	12	.pdf	application/pdf	7102	341	49	These include an ambiguity of Internet effects and incommensurable differences between the print and elec- tronic forms of communication. An ambiguity of Internet effects-func- tions (advantages) being inseparable from dysfunctions (disadvantages)-is readily apparent to anyone who has joined a few electronic groups: .To inhibit the flow of useless junk is to risk the loss of one of the most valuable impacts of computer-medi- ated communication systems-the flow of potentially useful information and ideas among persons with no pre- vious or off-line communication links.1 Bound up with that dilemma is a law of diminishing returns: the more infor- mation accessed, the less its overall meaning.	cache/crl-14929.pdf	txt/crl-14929.txt