Measuring Triple Helix on the World Wide Web

In this study, we examined the longitudinal trends in the university-industry-government (UIG) relationship on the Web in the Korea context by using Triple Helix (TH) indicators and various internet resources, such as, websites/documents, blogs, online cafés, and online news sites. The results indicate that the UIG relationship varied according to the government’s policies and that there was some tension in the longitudinal UIG relationship. Further, websites/documents and blogs were the most reliable sources for examining the strength of and variations in the UIG bilateral and trilateral relationships on the Web. In addition, webbased T(uig) values showed a stronger trilateral relationship and larger variations in the UIG 1 A revised version of this article is accepted for publication in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). Copyright of the paper belongs to the author(s). Submission of a paper grants permission to the Triple Helix 9 Scientific Committee to include it in the conference material and to place it on relevant websites. The Scientific Committee may invite accepted papers accepted to be considered for publication in Special Issues of selected journals after the conference. 2 relationship than SCI-based T(uig) values.