Researchers were surveyed about their use of social media and web 2.0 tools for research purposes. While many researchers saw benefits to using these tools, concerns around privacy, time consumption, and a lack of clear rewards or incentives limited their engagement. Younger researchers and those in certain fields tended to use social media more than others.

4. Excerpt from http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/social-media-guide-researchers

6. If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0
http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/use-and-relevance-web-20-researchers

7. If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0
http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/use-and-relevance-web-20-researchers

8. If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0
http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/use-and-relevance-web-20-researchers

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