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Robert E. Kraut
Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University
Publications - 307
Citations - 40461
Robert E. Kraut is an academic researcher from Carnegie Mellon University. The author has contributed to research in topics: The Internet & Online community. The author has an hindex of 97, co-authored 297 publications receiving 38116 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert E. Kraut include Cornell University & Facebook.
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Internet paradox: A social technology that reduces social involvement and psychological well-being?
Robert E. Kraut,Michael Patterson,Vicki Lundmark,Sara Kiesler,Tridas Mukophadhyay,William L. Scherlis +5 more
TL;DR: Greater use of the Internet was associated with declines in participants' communication with family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression and loneliness.
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Internet Paradox Revisited
Robert E. Kraut,Sara Kiesler,Bonka Boneva,Jonathon N. Cummings,Vicki S. Helgeson,Anne M. Crawford +5 more
TL;DR: Kraut et al. as discussed by the authors reported negative effects of using the Internet on social involvement and psychological well-being among new Internet users in 1995-96 and found that negative effects dissipated.
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Coordination in software development
Robert E. Kraut,Lynn A. Streeter +1 more
TL;DR: Since its inception, the software industry has been in crisis and problems with software systems are common and highly-publicized occurrences.
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Psychological research online: report of Board of Scientific Affairs' Advisory Group on the Conduct of Research on the Internet.
Robert E. Kraut,Judith S. Olson,Mahzarin R. Banaji,Amy Bruckman,Jeffrey Cohen,Mick P. Couper +5 more
TL;DR: Some benefits and challenges of conducting psychological research via the Internet are described and recommendations to both researchers and institutional review boards for dealing with them are offered.
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Harnessing the wisdom of crowds in wikipedia: quality through coordination
Aniket Kittur,Robert E. Kraut +1 more
TL;DR: Examination of how the number of editors in Wikipedia and the coordination methods they use affect article quality demonstrated the critical importance of coordination in effectively harnessing the "wisdom of the crowd" in online production environments.