Research blogs

Research blogging
Beyond the Ivory Tower
Åsa M Larsson, PhD
Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis
www.sau.se

Research blogging
Why blog?
Battleground or meeting place?
Researchers vs the Public
Researchers vs the Media
The future?

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COLLECTIVE
NON-PROFIT
INDIVIDUAL
OFFICIAL
PROFESSIONAL

Why blog?
First post: 23 May 2007
Communication
Response
Relevance
Fun!

Problem: What researchers learnto do…

Research blogging – 7 golden rules
Be passionate - not emotional
Write short, writeregularly
Process, not just results
Ask yourreaders’ opinion
Answercomments
Be generous – Link!
Stand by yourconvictions, butadmityourmistakes

Read otherblogs, comment
Take part in currentdebates
Review published research
LINK!
Research blogging – Howto get started

Whatareweafraidof…?

A threatto science journalism?
Apprehension:
Marginalising science journalists
Publishing results online independently
Usingblogsto attack articles, programmes, journalists

Lost in translation

Why blogsare vital to researchers and journalists
Practicecommunication
The public
Media
Peers
Directresponse – fast and visible!
Continuousconversation – relationshipbuilding

Yourblog – your garden
Platform: digital real estate
Training area in communication
Digital archive: categories, keywords, searchengines
From tinyseedsto a bountifulharvest

http://tingotankar.blogspot.com	104
http://tingotankar.blogspot.se	17
http://feeds.feedburner.com	5
http://www.arkeologiforum.se	3
http://paper.li	2
http://www.linkedin.com	2
http://www.tingotankar.blogspot.com	1
http://hghltd.yandex.net	1

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