Double gamers: Academics between fields

Costa, Cristina

Abstract

© 2014 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The field of academia is frequently associated with traditional norms that aim to regulate scholarly activity, especially research. The social web, as another field, is often viewed as challenging long-established conventions with novel knowledge production practices. Hence, the two fields seem to oppose rather than complement each other. Using a Bourdieuian lens, this research examines research participants’ accounts of their approaches to practice on the social web in relation to academia. The paper reports on the habitus dissonance between the two fields, before discussing the effects of the two fields’ competing doxas on individuals’ habitus.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 23, 2014
• Publication Date: Oct 2, 2016
• Deposit Date: Mar 15, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 15, 2018
• Journal: British Journal of Sociology of Education
• Print ISSN: 0142-5692
• Electronic ISSN: 1465-3346
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 993-1013
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2014.982861
• Keywords: digital scholarship, doxa, symbolic violence, Pierre Bourdieu, the social web
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/823810
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2014.982861
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal of Sociology of Education on 16th December 2014, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2014.982861.
• Contract Date: Mar 15, 2018