Slide set for members of Departement of Translation, Interpreting and Communication at Ghent University 12 October 2015. How can social media play a part in your research and the communication of your research?
In this presentation, we present a framework that defines social media using seven functional building blocks: identity, presence, relationships, conversations, groups, reputations and sharing. As different social media activities are defined by the extent to which they focus on some or all of these blocks, we explain the implications that each block can have for how firms should engage with social media. To conclude we present a number of recommendations for how firms should develop strategies for monitoring, understanding and responding to different social media activities.
Data Science Popup Austin: The Science of Sharing Domino Data Lab
The advent of online social networks and ready access to massive document collections has provided a rich, large-scale playground for researchers interested in understanding social networks, what people say on them, and identifying interesting segments within large populations. This talk gives an overview of recent research on a number of topics, including measuring bias at scale, the effect of network structure on virality, and inferring networks from information cascades. I'll also discuss how profile analytics and user segmentation enables more effective product campaigns that incorporate tailored content and offers based on the interests and behaviors of individuals within segments.
Slide set for members of Departement of Translation, Interpreting and Communication at Ghent University 12 October 2015. How can social media play a part in your research and the communication of your research?
In this presentation, we present a framework that defines social media using seven functional building blocks: identity, presence, relationships, conversations, groups, reputations and sharing. As different social media activities are defined by the extent to which they focus on some or all of these blocks, we explain the implications that each block can have for how firms should engage with social media. To conclude we present a number of recommendations for how firms should develop strategies for monitoring, understanding and responding to different social media activities.
Data Science Popup Austin: The Science of Sharing Domino Data Lab
The advent of online social networks and ready access to massive document collections has provided a rich, large-scale playground for researchers interested in understanding social networks, what people say on them, and identifying interesting segments within large populations. This talk gives an overview of recent research on a number of topics, including measuring bias at scale, the effect of network structure on virality, and inferring networks from information cascades. I'll also discuss how profile analytics and user segmentation enables more effective product campaigns that incorporate tailored content and offers based on the interests and behaviors of individuals within segments.
Why should scientists care about social media and communications? Don Stanley of 3Rhino Media and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication answers this question in this presentation.
He also addresses how to get started with LinkedIn as a first social media platform
Talk slides for talk presented at the University of Washington on February 13th, 2012.
https://depts.washington.edu/coenv/news-blog/tag/cosee-olc/#.T0VNznJWrR8
Let's look at interesting research about facebook social media results
Facebook Psychology: Popular Questions Answered by Research
go deep in what is impact of use social media networks in our real life
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet Project, will discuss the Project’s research about how people use technology and the different ways they allocate their attention, connect with organizations, and act as citizens. He will explore how civic institutions can navigate this complicated, diversified environment.
Over the Horizon: Connecting Technology Trends with the Library of Tomorrow (...Mark A. Smith
Mark A. Smith, Harry Pence, Joan Getman - Presentation: Over the Horizon: Connecting Technology Trends with the Library of Tomorrow - Academic Librarians 2010 Conference. Ithaca, NY June 7-8, 2010
Social media? It's serious! Understanding the dark side of social mediaIan McCarthy
Research and practice have mostly focused on the “bright side” of social media, aiming to understand and help in leveraging the manifold opportunities afforded by this technology. However, it is increasingly observable that social media present enormous risks for individuals, communities, firms, and even for society as a whole. Examples for this “dark side” of social media include cyberbullying, addictive use, trolling, online witch hunts, fake news, and privacy abuse. In this article, we aim to illustrate the multidimensionality of the dark side of social media and describe the related various undesirable outcomes. To do this, we adapt the established social media honeycomb framework to explain the dark side implications of each of the seven functional building blocks: conversations, sharing, presence, relationships, reputation, groups, and identity. On the basis of these reflections, we present a number of avenues for future research, so as to facilitate a better understanding and use of social media.
In this first module of the ACES Science Communication certificate... we start nice and gently. We cover how and why communications skills are a core professional skill, how your career will benefit from being a crack communicator and finally the secret sauce in the recipe of great communication.
Here's the Randy Olson video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERB7ITvabA4
For certificate participants, the remaining details of this module can be found in your inbox.
Only Connect: Reaching New Audiences via Public Relations & External Communic...Kara Gavin
Presented to faculty, staff and students on Sept. 15, 2016, as part of the University of Michigan Medical School's Communicating Science series. Addresses how academics can and should engage in the public sphere directly and with the help of institutional communicators. (https://medicine.umich.edu/medschool/research/events/public-relations-external-audience-communication )
A recording of my talk is available at https://medicine.umich.edu/medschool/research/office-research/research-news-events/communicating-science-seminar-series
Digitized Student Development, Social Media, and IdentityPaul Brown
Originally presented at the ACPA 2016 International Convention in Montreal, Canada. This presentation provides an overview of my research on college student development in digital/social spaces.
Presentation for: Masterclass 19: Using social media in public engagement for the Public Engagement & Impact Team at The University of Sheffield, 26 November 2014.
Why should scientists care about social media and communications? Don Stanley of 3Rhino Media and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication answers this question in this presentation.
He also addresses how to get started with LinkedIn as a first social media platform
Talk slides for talk presented at the University of Washington on February 13th, 2012.
https://depts.washington.edu/coenv/news-blog/tag/cosee-olc/#.T0VNznJWrR8
Let's look at interesting research about facebook social media results
Facebook Psychology: Popular Questions Answered by Research
go deep in what is impact of use social media networks in our real life
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet Project, will discuss the Project’s research about how people use technology and the different ways they allocate their attention, connect with organizations, and act as citizens. He will explore how civic institutions can navigate this complicated, diversified environment.
Over the Horizon: Connecting Technology Trends with the Library of Tomorrow (...Mark A. Smith
Mark A. Smith, Harry Pence, Joan Getman - Presentation: Over the Horizon: Connecting Technology Trends with the Library of Tomorrow - Academic Librarians 2010 Conference. Ithaca, NY June 7-8, 2010
Social media? It's serious! Understanding the dark side of social mediaIan McCarthy
Research and practice have mostly focused on the “bright side” of social media, aiming to understand and help in leveraging the manifold opportunities afforded by this technology. However, it is increasingly observable that social media present enormous risks for individuals, communities, firms, and even for society as a whole. Examples for this “dark side” of social media include cyberbullying, addictive use, trolling, online witch hunts, fake news, and privacy abuse. In this article, we aim to illustrate the multidimensionality of the dark side of social media and describe the related various undesirable outcomes. To do this, we adapt the established social media honeycomb framework to explain the dark side implications of each of the seven functional building blocks: conversations, sharing, presence, relationships, reputation, groups, and identity. On the basis of these reflections, we present a number of avenues for future research, so as to facilitate a better understanding and use of social media.
In this first module of the ACES Science Communication certificate... we start nice and gently. We cover how and why communications skills are a core professional skill, how your career will benefit from being a crack communicator and finally the secret sauce in the recipe of great communication.
Here's the Randy Olson video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERB7ITvabA4
For certificate participants, the remaining details of this module can be found in your inbox.
Only Connect: Reaching New Audiences via Public Relations & External Communic...Kara Gavin
Presented to faculty, staff and students on Sept. 15, 2016, as part of the University of Michigan Medical School's Communicating Science series. Addresses how academics can and should engage in the public sphere directly and with the help of institutional communicators. (https://medicine.umich.edu/medschool/research/events/public-relations-external-audience-communication )
A recording of my talk is available at https://medicine.umich.edu/medschool/research/office-research/research-news-events/communicating-science-seminar-series
Digitized Student Development, Social Media, and IdentityPaul Brown
Originally presented at the ACPA 2016 International Convention in Montreal, Canada. This presentation provides an overview of my research on college student development in digital/social spaces.
Presentation for: Masterclass 19: Using social media in public engagement for the Public Engagement & Impact Team at The University of Sheffield, 26 November 2014.
This is a basic overview of several social media platforms as well as specific guidance for creating or improving the visibility of your research profile. Created for the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow.
Social media for researchers: Increase your research competitiveness using We...Xavier Lasauca i Cisa
In this workshop, adressed to P-Sphere project researchers (European Postdoctoral Research Project, Marie S. Curie Actions, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 28th November 2017) I summarised the benefits which can be gained from use of social media (specially blogs, Twitter and other social networks and repositories) to support research activities, and I provided examples of these innovative emerging resources as tools for scientific communication as well as discussed their implications for digital scholarship. Structure of the lecture: Introduction, Altmetrics, It's Europe!, Active listening, Blogging, Microblogging, Networking, Sharing, Health 2.0, Resources, Strategy, The ten commandments, To deepen, Conclusions.
Using social media to disseminate academic work Jane Tinkler
Tinkler, J. (2013) 'Openness and Impact in Academia Using Social Media'. Presentation to the Critical Perspectives on ‘Open-ness’ in the Digital University conference,
Edinburgh University, November 2012.
Additional Notes for "All in a Twitter" PresentationBryn Robinson
These are the notes that accompanied the slide deck on using social media to share your science. If you have any questions, please get in touch - @brynphd.
Peer response The purpose of dissemination strategies are to.docxLacieKlineeb
Peer response
The purpose of dissemination strategies are to spread knowledge of evidence-based interventions so that it can become more widespread in practice. To me, the most favorable dissemination strategy that I would choose to use is social media. I am 27 years old and was born in an era of seeing how influential social media can be. On average, 4.48 billion people are on social media and check it regularly (Undiscovered Maine, n.d., para. 8). I have seen firsthand how when a friend or someone I know starts doing a new trend their response is typically that they saw it on Instagram, TikTok, etc. We could use social media and its impact for good by spreading evidence-based practice findings in healthcare to a large audience of variety.
The second dissemination strategy that I would be inclined to use is press releases. Press releases are a great way to communicated evidence-based findings to a large group of people. Additionally, having a press release on topics enhances reliability to most viewers if you are on a trusted and professional news outlet. Going along with a benefit of social media, in today’s climate, impactful press release videos will generally now find themselves viral on social media, so even people who do not watch the news will eventually view the press conference.
Dissemination Strategies I Would Be Least Inclined to Use
The dissemination strategy that I would be the least inclined to use is e-mail. While e-mails are a quick way to get information across, they do not have as big as an impact as many other strategies do. Most of the time, people generally just scroll through e-mails and delete things that do not require immediate action because their inboxes are probably filled with things that do. Additionally, it is incredibly difficult to convey emotion over e-mail, so some information and passion behind the message being conveyed are susceptible to being lost in translation. Lastly, e-mail is not as accessible to a larger group of people because only people who receive the e-mail would be able to see the information provided.
Another dissemination strategy that I would not be inclined to use is the use of poster presentations. While poster presentations may provide a bit of hard work and personalization, they are not as effective as other strategies. Poster presentations may come across as informal and may not convey the urgency of the message being conveyed. Additionally, the poster will just stay a poster that will probably stay in one area or may even be thrown away. In this day and age, if you want a large people to view something, it will need to be digital so that it stays in a place forever and is able to be spread to other people and saved to their personal devices for reference and storage.
Barriers and
Solution
s to Desired Dissemination Strategies
One of the biggest risks to using social media to communicate evidence-based findings is that there is a lack of privacy. A.
Aquesta ponència, impartida a la Facultat de Ciències Polítiques i Sociologia de la UAB el 26.09.2017, en un seminari organitzat pel Grup ISOR (Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religió) tenia per objectiu mostrar recursos relacionats amb el web i els mitjans socials, destinats a incrementar la difusió, la visibilitat i l’impacte de la recerca del grup, així com a millorar la identitat digital del grup i dels investigadors que en formen part.
Workshop about increasing the impact of your research, the importance of good communication (incl. storytelling) and the use of social media.
Given at Research Day of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University.
Blog AnalysisDiscussions play an integral role in monitoring y.docxmoirarandell
Blog Analysis
Discussions play an integral role in monitoring your course participation throughout the term. You should check back to the weekly discussions multiple times throughout the week to engage in the discussion with your professor and peers. Participation is only counted during the week in which this discussion is assigned. Be sure to appropriately cite any sources you use to support your responses with standard APA citations. Answer the prompt question(s) thoroughly using a minimum of 150-200 words
Discussion Question:
Since you have been reading about blog composition, find a blog you enjoy and analyze it. Then, post:
1. The name of the blog with a hyperlink (not a pasted URL).
2. Your analysis. Consider aspects we’ve covered in class such as content, audience, and visual appeal. What works? What doesn’t? Why?
Audience Analysis Assignment
Find a blog you enjoy online, or consider examining the blog you are working on, to perform an audience analysis. Answer the following in order to illustrate your understanding of audience when composing a blog:
What are the Audience’s Demographics?
· Age
· Gender
· Location
· Relationship status
· Sexual orientation
· Income
· Family
· Education level
· Race
· Ethnicity
· Religion
· Occupation
What are the Audience’s Expectations or Needs?
· What do they know about the topic?
· Are there any misconceptions about the topic? What can they expect to learn?
· What are their current beliefs about this issue?
· What tone or reading level does the audience expect when they read this?
· How can you encourage audience interaction with the blog?
Visual Aid Assignment
In the blog lecture, you read about the importance of visual aids in an online space. Write up a proposal about what visual aid you intend to use for your blog including:
· Include a link or paste in the visual.
· What type of visual it is (picture, infographic, graph, video, etc.)?
· How does this visual add clarity or credibility to your blog?
· How does the visual benefit the audience or add understanding to your post?
· What made you choose this visual over the other aids you looked into?
Writing for Non-Academic Audiences
Writing for General, Non-Academic Audiences: Benefits, Opportunities, Issues (Links to an external site.)
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
AUTHOR: SCOTT MONTGOMERY (Links to an external site.)
First Things
1. Why Write for the Public?
Social scientists investigate and write about society. It therefore makes sense that they share this important work with those whom they study, including decision-makers. In truth, the public is very interested in what social science disciplines have to say—about politics, foreign policy, history, economics, area studies, studies of society, culture, and language. People are more aware of how relevant and important knowledge is in these fields than ever before.
A key reason is that they know or sense the world has entered a period of major uncertainty. Major challenges to liberal democracy.
Marketing Your Manuscript: A social media guide for scholarsAimee Edgeworth
So, you've published a research paper...now what? This tutorial uses real-world examples and provides guidance on how to use social media to disseminate research findings to the general public in a step by step presentation, including how to create infographics, draft copy, develop a social media plan and posting schedule, as well as tracking the results of the outreach effort. Presented at the Clinical Research Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for continued education credits.
Stepping out of the echo chamber - Alternative indicators of scholarly commun...Andy Tattersall
This set of slides which was presented at Sheffield Hallam University and The London School of Hygene and Tropical Medicine. They showcase the many ways academics can leverage digital scholary communication tools to discover what is being said about their research and how best to respond to that conversation.
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Pecha Kucha presentation for INORMS2018 about Ghent University plans to offer the research community the support and tools to set up their own research quality assurance
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2. What should you get out of this presentation?
Answers or at least ideas for questions as:
- Why have a communication strategy as a researcher of research group?
- What tools should we use to fulfill this strategy? Are social media an option?
- How should we go about communicating and actually using these tools? When
should we communicate about our research? Who should do the communicating?
Another outcome might be that you feel envigourated and ready to shift your
communication into a higher gear!
Now, doing this for a group of communication scientists is rather scary. And you can
interprete this in two ways.
On the one hand you should be the people telling me what to do – there’s a slight
imposter syndrome sneaking up on me.
On the other hand you should be the people telling me what to do – so why aren’t you?
2
3. Let’s start with context.
There seems to be a new punch line in academia: Publish or Perish has become
Be Visible or Vanish.
From funding to citations to digital footprint and media exposure: research
seems to be about getting noticed and making an impact. And this is more than
having a high H-index – which is an indicator for scholarly impact based on
publications and citations.
But science is of course so much more than this. It pays to consider who are the
real stakeholders of science and how this affects the way you work. Something
we call ‘societal value creation of research’.
So the question is: do you work with your door close or open?
If you are serious about being a researcher in today’s context of science for
society, online academic tools and high impact and visibility, it might be
interesting to pay attention to this talk and get a few pointers on how to
approach this in a strategic way.
3
4. A good way to help you along in this environment of high visibility is investing in
networking – offline and online.
3
5. Goodier and Czerniewicz adapted the functional building blocks of social media
(‘Social media? Get serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of
social media’ by Jan H. Kietzmann, Kristopher Hermkens , Ian P. McCarthy , Bruno
S. Silvestre in Business Horizons, Volume 54, Issue 3, May–June 2011, Pages 241–
251) and applied them to what is called ‘the networked scholar’.
Central to your attitude as a networked scholar is your identity, and in this case
we focus on your online identity - defined as ‘the extent to which others can
identify you online as a scholar’. This is why it is critical to become aware of your
online presence and to shape and maintain this presence.”
And this makes sense when you consider that 7 out of 10 people use online
search tools when they look for information on other people.
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6. Does this mean that only online communication counts or that you should just
throw everything online?
Of course not!
It means approaching your online identity – whether as an individual or as a
group – strategically.
Have a care about both:
- digital footprint is your active contribution to and interaction with the online
world
- digital shadow is content about you posted and uploaded by others, as well as
automatically generated and collated content
Especially this last one is difficult to control. The best way to drown out content
about yourself that you may not like is to upload content of your choice and
maximize your digital footprint.
If there’s one clear rule, it’s that having an online presence is a time
5
7. commitment. Think about how much time you can commit to keeping your
profile(s) current and then decide if you should have just one profile with links
from other services, or whether you should replicate your profile on a number of
services. In any case, online profiles that are not maintained or updated do not
create a good impression.
5
8. Another element in your strategy should be making your scholarly outputs reach as
many people as possible and making them easily accessible and findable. So invest in
discoverability – not just within scholarly areas but also through public engagement and
more popular output/activities.
So think Open Science. Science Europe identified three essential aspects of Open
science: its relation to digital technology, the idea that it explores changing research
practices and their impact on the research system as a whole, and the fundamental
importance of “a certain vision of science as a community of practice”.
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10. How I see it, to take you to the next level you need to look for productive interactions.
This concept is important both in research as in communication.
You only have so much time and energy so investing it wisely is key.
In communication, setting up PRODUCTIVE INTERACTIONS means looking for partners
within your university.
- Communication Office
- Unit for Science Communication
- Research Communication (incl. scholarly communication)
- Faculty Communication
- Dedicated person with research group
It also means identifying external stakeholders:
- Of your research: general public and specific target groups
- Of your communication: media
When it comes to social media: FIND YOUR INFLUENCERS (people that can act as your
megaphone)
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12. Link: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/08/27/academic-
storytelling-risk-reduction/
You must accept that details important to you may not resonate with other people –
even other researchers.
Is there anything in your research which may though?
When considering this question, be honest with yourself, and try to embody someone
else who hasn’t spent years toiling over your niche subject area.
Story telling is essentially about the heads and hearts of your audience, about making a
lasting impression, making an impact.
Resist the temptation of covering too much of your research. Don’t get bogged down
in the details. Find that central image that people can connect with.
Rigorous researching and attention-grabbing storytelling are very different trades.
However, by finding that point of connection in your research you’ll go a long way.
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14. Although I’m focussing on communication in the context of research and the academic
environment, some rules are universal.
Besides the overarching competences that are fostering interesting networks for your
communication and the art of story telling, using the right tool and content is pivotal.
The academic environment is one where you’re already being asked to write and
present a lot. Why not use this to your advantage?
Re-use this content, adapt it to the specific communication goal and target audience and
choose the right tool.
A note on working with media: TIMING!
Let’s see what online tools are available…
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15. Many more but these are relevant to impact of science
- Website: profile page but more importantly, news items
- LinkedIn: profile outside academia
- Visual platforms: Flickr, Instagram, Pinterest
- In between visual and blog: Tumblr (E.g. Congrats – you’ve got an all male panel! And
Academic Bird Watching http://errantscience.tumblr.com/post/116460277480/birds-
of-academia-an-often-hard-to-spot-selection)
- Commenting
- Reddit Science
- Ik heb een vraag
- Opinion pieces for all kinds of media
- Wikipedia as a means to open up science:
https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/10/using-wikipedia-to-open-up-science/
- Data visualisation
- Infographics: http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/08/11/the-power-of-
pictures-how-we-can-use-images-to-promote-and-communicate-science/ > the
importance of visuals (academic poster becomes infographic)
- Twitter
- Online book reviews including popular books based on science:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/category/disciplines/media-studies/
- Blog: separate, group, guest
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16. - Explanimation: e.g. Crash Course Biology
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EED4C1D684D3ADF > Choose your
audience / Deliver in style / Stay focused / Get to the point / Be part of the community
/ Give the audience an anchor / Be a person not a company
- Ted talk (start locally with TedX) – Scientists Popularizing Science: characteristics and
impact of TED Talk Presenters (PLOSONE April 2013): “Presenters are predominantly
male and non-academics. Although TED popularizes research it may not promote the
work of scientists within the academic community.”
- Podcast
Missing: Mendeley, Figshare, GitHub, SlideShare
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18. Timing and complementarity are everything in social media but what about the
actual impact – scientific and otherwise?
For those looking at hard evidence let’s look at the science about science.
1. April 2012: article by Melissa Terras showing increase in downloads after
tweets
2. Reminiscent of article by Eysenbach 2011
3. What about blogs?
4. Which led to age-old discussion ‘association is not correlation, which in turn
is not causation’
Tweets tend to associate with citations but not correlate > but the more people
start tweeting their research the bigger the correlation will get?
In any event, interest was sparked and more people were talking about
‘altmetrics’ as the new saviour of science.
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19. ALTMETRICS > An umbrella term for spectrum of social media-based metrics:
- often proposed as alternative to citation-based indicators
- And as a tool to measure the impact of science outside academia
But… “most studies show that, although citations and the new metrics are to some
extent positively correlated, these correlations are very weak.” Quote from a recent and
very interesting article by scientometricians concluding that at the most, social media
metrics may function as complements to other types of indicators and metrics.
Some more findings from this same article: (see looking glass and circle)
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20. Also, questions are raised about a certain bias. A bias in topics: do social media only pay
attention to the sex, drugs and rock and roll of science? A bias in broadcasters: social
sciences and humanities are the most often found on social media platforms.
Or is a matter of shouting the loudest?
“Just like a taller, more powerful radio tower will boost a signal so it can be heard at a
greater distance; it makes sense that more people will read a paper if the writer is active
on social media. Of course, because we wrote it, we think it’s great that our paper has
proved so popular, but we have to ask: in the future, will the highest quality papers be
read most? Or will it be only those papers backed up by the loudest voices?” - Academic
blogging is part of a complex online academic attention economy, leading to
unprecedented readership, I. Mewburn and P. Thomson for LSE Impact blog (Dec 2013)
Let’s wrap this discussion up with the four words scientists love to hear: more research
is needed!
In the meantime things are evolving… (see tweet)
So let us ask that question again: why should we be interested in social media as a tool
for research?
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21. I’ll mostly be focussing on communication in the context of research and the academic
environment.
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22. Besides the obvious benefits:
- Connect with peers and building a scholarly network. Quote: “It’s allowed me to
open up new communities for discussions and increase the interdisciplinarity of my
research.” (A network boost by M. Baker. Nature, 12 Feb 2015)
- Reputation management
- Dissemination
Conferences:
- Back-channel: (capture content & provide feedback) share questions and resources
- Connecting and networking
- Virtual participation
Jobs & prof. development:
- “Following institutions, companies and individuals on Twitter can offer clues about
workplace culture and ongoing projects in a way that static website do not.”
- “Junior researchers are creating identities that don’t have to be routed through the
principal investigator.” (A network boost by M. Baker. Nature, 12 Feb 2015)
(crowd-funding for research)
Social:
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23. - Break isolation
- Look over the fence
- Find fellow victims
- Real-life scholar
- Sheer fun of it
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25. There’re great benefits to integrating social media into your research – not just as a way
to communicate but also as a means to become a better scholar.
Although it can be great fun and many of the social media look flighty (eg. half-life of a
tweet is 18 minutes) it should not be taken lightly but approached in a strategic and
professional manner.
It’s all about finding the right balance:
- Not overthinking it but using it to your advantage
- Getting into the spirit of sharing while keeping focus in your own research and not
losing yourself in procrastination
- Giving it a natural place in your time management and approaching it so you feel
comfortable with it
It might even offer you some release from the incessant publication and promotion
pressure (although the current academic system
is not yet in tune with outreach and online activities)
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32. Take care of your network: most mentions and interactions don’t come from power
users (your biggest advocates have the fewest followers)
Science is not clear about best time to tweet (8am-6pm, not Friday pm, late night best
for retweets, lunch break): it’s all about getting to know the habits your
network/stakeholders and trying out some stuff
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