Study title

Use of social media and online-based applications in the context of scientific activities at German universities and research institutions. Topics: assessment of activities and scope of scientific activities; professional and private use of online tools and social media; frequency of occupational use of online tools and social media; active and passive use of selected Web 2.0 applications; use of online tools and social media in various scientific fields of activity (research, teaching, administration, communication) and deepening activities within the field of research; attitudes of scientists towards the Internet and social media; recognition and dissemination of virtual research environments; online access media; inquired tools and applications: Social networks (Facebook, Google+), scientific / professional networks (Xing, Academia.edu), videoconference/VoIP (Skype, Adobe Connect), microblogs (Twitter), weblogs, wikipedia, other wikis (company Wiki, technical Wikis, etc.), content sharing / cloud services (dropbox, slideshare), online text editors (EtherPad, Google Docs), internet forums, mailing lists, chat / instant messaging (Skype, ICQ), online archiv/data bases (German digital library, Arxiv.org),, social bookmarking services (Delicious, Bibsonomy), literature management (Mendeley, Zotero), video / photo community portals (YouTube, Flickr), learning management systems. Demography: age (year of birth); sex; highest academic degree; function at the university / research institution; departmental affiliation; University affiliation; duration of previous scientific activity; percentage of scientific activity by activity; participation in scientific conferences in 2012; number of memberships in professional organizations and number of official functions.