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Social Sciences and Humanities
Australia
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 65 Citations 23,574 323 World Ranking 626 National Ranking 42

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Australia Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • The Internet
  • Social science

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social media, World Wide Web, Public relations, Politics and Context. His Social media research incorporates themes from Media studies, Mainstream, Dynamics, Crisis communication and Internet privacy. Produsage, Content creation, Web 2.0, Social software and The Internet are the primary areas of interest in his World Wide Web study.

His Produsage study is associated with Citizen journalism. His work deals with themes such as New media and News media, which intersect with Citizen journalism. Public relations is closely attributed to Journalism in his research.

His most cited work include:

  • Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage (1179 citations)
  • Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production (473 citations)
  • The Use of Blogs, Wikis and RSS in Education: A Conversation of Possibilities (261 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Axel Bruns spends much of his time researching Social media, Public relations, Politics, Journalism and Media studies. His study on Social media also encompasses disciplines like

  • Internet privacy together with World Wide Web,
  • Advertising and related Service. The various areas that Axel Bruns examines in his Public relations study include New media and Political communication.

His Politics study combines topics in areas such as Blogosphere and State. His Journalism research includes elements of Citizen journalism, News media and Gatekeeping. Particularly relevant to Produsage is his body of work in Citizen journalism.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social media (47.31%)
  • Public relations (32.58%)
  • Politics (23.51%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Social media (47.31%)
  • Politics (23.51%)
  • Media studies (19.83%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Social media, Politics, Media studies, Journalism and Public relations. His research in Social media intersects with topics in Data science, Public sphere, Mainstream and Internet privacy. His Politics study incorporates themes from Period and Political economy.

His Media studies research incorporates elements of Publics, Crisis communication and Public debate. He has researched Journalism in several fields, including Citizen journalism, Persona, News media and Reading. Axel Bruns interconnects Business model, Voting, The Internet and Data journalism in the investigation of issues within Public relations.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • After the ‘APIcalypse’: social media platforms and their fight against critical scholarly research (65 citations)
  • Gatewatching and News Curation (46 citations)
  • Journalistic Branding on Twitter (43 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • The Internet
  • Social science

Axel Bruns mainly investigates Social media, Politics, Media studies, Internet privacy and Journalism. His Social media research includes themes of Mainstream, Crisis communication, Public relations and Ideology. The concepts of his Crisis communication study are interwoven with issues in Publishing, Credibility, Citizen journalism and Grassroots.

In his research on the topic of Politics, Political economy is strongly related with Period. The Media studies study combines topics in areas such as Network media, Public sphere, Social movement and Presidential election. His study in Persona extends to Journalism with its themes.

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Best Publications

Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage

Axel Bruns.
(2008)

4758 Citations

Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production

Axel Bruns.
(2005)

1768 Citations

The use of Twitter hashtags in the formation of ad hoc publics

Axel Bruns;Jean E. Burgess.
Proceedings of the 6th European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference 2011 (2011)

739 Citations

The Use of Blogs, Wikis and RSS in Education: A Conversation of Possibilities

Peter D. Duffy;Axel Bruns.
Learning on the Move: Proceedings of the Online Learning and Teaching Conference 2006 (2006)

602 Citations

Towards Produsage: Futures for User-Led Content Production

Axel Bruns.
Proceeding of the 5th International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (2006)

601 Citations

PREPARING FOR AN AGE OF PARTICIPATORY NEWS

Mark Deuze;Axel Bruns;Christoph Neuberger.
Journalism Practice (2007)

584 Citations

RESEARCHING NEWS DISCUSSION ON TWITTER: New methodologies

Axel Bruns;Jean Burgess.
Journalism Studies (2012)

445 Citations

Wikis in teaching and assessment: the M/Cyclopedia project

Axel Bruns;Sal Humphreys.
international symposium on open collaboration (2005)

408 Citations

Mobile Learning in Review: Opportunities and Challenges for Learners, Teachers and Institutions

Rachel S. Cobcroft;Stephen J. Towers;Judith E. Smith;Axel Bruns.
Learning on the Move: Proceedings of the Online Learning and Teaching Conference 2006 (2006)

406 Citations

The Arab Spring and Social Media Audiences English and Arabic Twitter Users and Their Networks

Axel Bruns;Tim Highfield;Jean Burgess.
American Behavioral Scientist (2013)

405 Citations

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