Social Media Tools: Where
are We Now and Do They
Work?
  Dan Pollock
  SSP 32ND ANNUAL MEETING
  2 June 2010
A peer to peer activity
FIRST, to place before the general public the grand results of
Scientific Work and Scientific Discovery ; and to urge the claims
of Science to a more general recognition in Education and in
Daily Life ;



And, SECONDLY, to aid Scientific men [sic] themselves, by
giving early information of all advances made in any branch of
Natural knowledge throughout the world, and by affording them
an opportunity of discussing the various Scientific questions
which arise from time to time.
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                      Peer Review
PR before Social Media
• Screenshot: email/web
PR now…
• Twitter - Nature Chemistry
Content – 3 party
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ShareThis - trends
                     - Email is still a critical
                     part of sharing on the
                     web today, making up
                     38% of all sharing
                     - Facebook has
                     exploded, growing from
                     ~30% to 39% of all
                     sharing on the web
                     - Other social channels,
                     such as Digg, Reddit,
                     and others, have
                     dropped from ~20% a
                     year ago to 13% today
                     - Twitter was barely
                     registering on our
                     reports a year ago and
                     is now around 8.7% of
                     all our shares




                     Source: http://blog.sharethis.com/
                     Based on 130,000 sites
Content – “intramural”
• “Share this” facilities
• UGC: blogs, comments
 • Volunteers vs. Editorial
   input (staff vs
   community blogs)
 • T&Cs: moderation
 • Audience: scientist to
   scientist; scientist to
   lay person; public vs
   private spaces.
Nature Peer Review Trial
Is the market really ready?
• The Web allows frictionless, instant, informal
  communication,
• but much utility lies outside the formal
  publishing process.


• Should publishers – the communications
  experts – move first…
• …or should academia start measuring
  contributions in new ways?
Thank you!
  d.pollock@ nature.com
  www.nature.com

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    Social Media Tools:Where are We Now and Do They Work? Dan Pollock SSP 32ND ANNUAL MEETING 2 June 2010
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    A peer topeer activity FIRST, to place before the general public the grand results of Scientific Work and Scientific Discovery ; and to urge the claims of Science to a more general recognition in Education and in Daily Life ; And, SECONDLY, to aid Scientific men [sic] themselves, by giving early information of all advances made in any branch of Natural knowledge throughout the world, and by affording them an opportunity of discussing the various Scientific questions which arise from time to time.
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    PR before SocialMedia • Screenshot: email/web
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    • Twitter -Nature Chemistry
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    ShareThis - trends - Email is still a critical part of sharing on the web today, making up 38% of all sharing - Facebook has exploded, growing from ~30% to 39% of all sharing on the web - Other social channels, such as Digg, Reddit, and others, have dropped from ~20% a year ago to 13% today - Twitter was barely registering on our reports a year ago and is now around 8.7% of all our shares Source: http://blog.sharethis.com/ Based on 130,000 sites
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    Content – “intramural” •“Share this” facilities • UGC: blogs, comments • Volunteers vs. Editorial input (staff vs community blogs) • T&Cs: moderation • Audience: scientist to scientist; scientist to lay person; public vs private spaces.
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    Is the marketreally ready? • The Web allows frictionless, instant, informal communication, • but much utility lies outside the formal publishing process. • Should publishers – the communications experts – move first… • …or should academia start measuring contributions in new ways?
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    Thank you! d.pollock@ nature.com www.nature.com

Editor's Notes

  • #4 First the challenge (part 1): if we’re to thrive in the web, we must understand its idiom. Quick recap: we probably know this already it was so easy Now things have changed to multiple inputs, user-driven delivery People getting at the deconstructed journal from multiple touchpoints We probably know this already, but it’s worth reminding ourselves that the So the price of entry is going up technical excellence in the maleability of content personalisation of end user experience
  • #5 First the challenge (part 1): if we’re to thrive in the web, we must understand its idiom. Quick recap: we probably know this already it was so easy Now things have changed to multiple inputs, user-driven delivery People getting at the deconstructed journal from multiple touchpoints We probably know this already, but it’s worth reminding ourselves that the So the price of entry is going up technical excellence in the maleability of content personalisation of end user experience
  • #7 How I used to deal with public relations announcements. Sent out via email Post on web Follow up - phone/email Track coverage Report - Word Doc or similar
  • #8 Now when I send a press release, all these come into play And they are all free….