Introduction to Social Media for Academics

1. Social Media & Online Presence
• Social Media
• Representing yourself online
• Online Conversations
• Context collapse
• Resume
• Scholarly Communication
• Copyright
BY @LIBRARIANRAFIA
DIGITAL HUMANITIES LIBRARIAN
Email me at rafia@uta.edu
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2. Via @ThreeShipsMedia
...or explained with coffee

3. Platforms
There are a variety of
platforms:
“ResearchGate to locate
peers, Academia.edu to
post work and LinkedIn
to search for jobs.”
Creating
Your Web
Presence: A
Primer for
Academics
Image via xkcd

4. Virtual MLA
#altac
ProfHacker: Tag Archives: Twitter
@librarianrafia

5. Context Collapse
“These are episodes in
which distinct social
worlds collide online,
causing outpourings of
drama.”
The Internet of Words
by Ted Striphas
how “context collapse” was coined: my
[danah boyd] recollection
How to Delete Yourself from the Internet Image via Glenn Zucman

6. Resume

7. Scholarly Communication

9. Copyright