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AERC POLICY BRIEF
WORKSHOP
Using Twitter for Research
2015
What and why?
• Micro-blogging service - post and read 140- character status
messages (Tweets)
• Use hashtag (#) to describe the content of a tweet
• News broadcasting
• Collect opinions on topics
• Connect with like-minded people
Getting started with Twitter
• Sign up
• Complete your profile (pic, bio, links, etc…)
• Start following people
• Search for colleagues, friends, groups, organizations, etc…
• Build end expand your followers list
• Post relevant/useful content, engage in conversations
Useful Twitter terminology
• Follow
• Retweet (RT)
• Reply
• @
• Mentions
• #
• Direct Message (DM)
Using Twitter in research
• Tweet about ‘products’ related to your research
• Point and share
• Crowdsource research activities
• Reach out to external audiences
• practitioners in business, government, and public policy
Source: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/style-guides/documents/twitter-guide-lse.pdf
Using Twitter in research
• Get relevant info, quickly
• Researching topics
• Disseminating contents
• Networking
• get to know a lot of great people whom I probably wouldn't have met otherwise
• Follow conference you can’t attend in person
Source: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/research/guides/management/twitter.htm?part=3
10 commandments of Twitter use
1. Put up an avatar
2. Use a Twitter handle easy to spell/remember
3. Tweet regularly
4. Reply to people that tweet at you
5. Engage in conversation
6. Learn and use hashtags for your subject field/topic
7. Ask questions
8. Don't just post links to news articles
9. Do show your personality. Crack some jokes.
10. Have fun
Source: http://chronicle.com/article/10-Commandments-of-Twitter-for/131813/
Source:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialscienc
es/2012/05/18/who-gives-a-tweet-860-
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Using Twitter for research

  • 1. AERC POLICY BRIEF WORKSHOP Using Twitter for Research 2015
  • 2. What and why? • Micro-blogging service - post and read 140- character status messages (Tweets) • Use hashtag (#) to describe the content of a tweet • News broadcasting • Collect opinions on topics • Connect with like-minded people
  • 3. Getting started with Twitter • Sign up • Complete your profile (pic, bio, links, etc…) • Start following people • Search for colleagues, friends, groups, organizations, etc… • Build end expand your followers list • Post relevant/useful content, engage in conversations
  • 4. Useful Twitter terminology • Follow • Retweet (RT) • Reply • @ • Mentions • # • Direct Message (DM)
  • 5. Using Twitter in research • Tweet about ‘products’ related to your research • Point and share • Crowdsource research activities • Reach out to external audiences • practitioners in business, government, and public policy Source: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/style-guides/documents/twitter-guide-lse.pdf
  • 6. Using Twitter in research • Get relevant info, quickly • Researching topics • Disseminating contents • Networking • get to know a lot of great people whom I probably wouldn't have met otherwise • Follow conference you can’t attend in person Source: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/research/guides/management/twitter.htm?part=3
  • 7. 10 commandments of Twitter use 1. Put up an avatar 2. Use a Twitter handle easy to spell/remember 3. Tweet regularly 4. Reply to people that tweet at you 5. Engage in conversation 6. Learn and use hashtags for your subject field/topic 7. Ask questions 8. Don't just post links to news articles 9. Do show your personality. Crack some jokes. 10. Have fun Source: http://chronicle.com/article/10-Commandments-of-Twitter-for/131813/