Even if the respondents are part of almost all of the
research lines that ALAIC is involved in, an important
percentage of researchers stated that their academic
work is related to the area of Internet and the Infor -
mation Society (39.24%) which demonstrates proximity
and affinity with the area of e-Research. This reality,
combined with the fact that the survey was filled
out online (through a self-selection process of participants)
demonstrates the existence of this bias and the
difficulty of generalizing the results from the group of
researchers that participated in the study. However it
also demonstrates the growing interest among communication
academics in new technol