Week 10 Writing & Disseminating Social Science Research.pptx

Becoming
a
Social
Scien-st

Sociology
&
Policy
Department

TP2
Developing
Research
Skills
and
Prac-ce

Week
10:

Wri*ng
&
Dissemina*ng
Social
Science
Research

Dr
Igor
Calzada

Lecture
Outline:

LECTURE
Week
10:

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

·∙
2.-‐
TWO
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING

·∙
3.-‐
FINAL
REMARKS

Key
points
this
lecture
is
addressing:

•  The
importance
in
publishing
the
results
in
an
essen-al
ﬁnal
step

when
doing
social
research.

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

Key
points
this
lecture
is
addressing:

•  The
research
report
as
a
persuasive
wri-ng
by
showing

par-cularly
signiﬁcance
of
the
research
work
that
has
been

carried
out.

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

Key
points
this
lecture
is
addressing:

•  The
relevant
decisions
that
should
be
taken
about:

–  What
to
write:
Ar-cle

–  Where
to
publish:
Journal

–  Who
will
contribute
to:
Audience

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION:
Ar-cle

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION:
Journal

Calzada,
I.
&
Cobo,
C.
(2015),
Unplugging:
Deconstruc1ng
the
Smart
City,

Journal
of
Urban
Technology.
DOI:
10.1080/10630732.2014.971535.

[Ar-cle
published
online:
16th
March
2015]

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION:
Audience

Key
points
this
lecture
is
addressing:

5
Ws:

•  Who:
Who
has
conducted
this
research,
who
will
beneﬁt
from
it

and
who
has
funded
it?

•  What:
What
has
happened
with
this
research?
What
was
done
to

complete
it,
what
processes
were
involved,
what
methods
and

what
was
the
results
and
conclusion?

•  Where:
Where
did
this
research
take
place,
at
which
organisa-on/s

and
geographical
loca-on?

•  When:
When
did
this
take
place,
when
did
the
project
start
and

when
did
it
ﬁnish?

•  Why:
Why
did
this
research
happen?
Why
was
there
a
need
for
it?

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

Key
points
this
lecture
is
addressing:

•  The
most
diﬃcult
task
for
BSS

–  Because
it
is
a
mixture
of
very
sociable
ac-vi-es:

•  organising,

•  access,

•  networking,

•  ahending
congresses,

•  presen-ng
papers,

•  interviewing
discussants,

•  convening
workshops

•  Seminars

•  Call
for
Papers
(CfP)

–  And
very
unsociable
act
of
wri-ng.

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION:
Academic
mul-task
&
mul--‐emo-onal
life

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION:
Academic
‘lonely’
life

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION:
Academic
wri-ng
is
a
lonely
task…un-l
‘reviewers’
arrive!

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION:
Academic
wri-ng
alone…but
not
lonely

Key
points
this
lecture
is
addressing:

•  Once
one
has
got
used
to
the
sociable
side
of
research
it
is

some-mes
hard
to
move
to
the
wri-ng
up
stage,
where
one
is

omen
working
alone,
just
you
and
a
word
processor.

•  ‘The
Fear
to
the
Empty
&
White
Page’

•  A
consequence
of
the
diﬀerences
between
these
ac-vi-es
is

that
many
people
put
oﬀ
wri-ng
un-l
it
is
far
too
late.

•  And,
VERY
IMPORTANT
(paradox):
If
a
Social
Scien-st
does
not

write
>
publish
>
disseminate
his/her
work…

•  Nothing
can
be
established
and
demonstrate/validate.

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION:
Publica-on
cycle

Key
points
this
lecture
is
addressing:

•  Therefore,
the
lecture
will
focus
on
the
importance
of
the:

–  new
so-‐called
digital
format
‘OPEN
ACCESS’

–  but
also
ﬂexible
social
media
op-ons.

•  The
lecture
will
deliver
therefore,
basic
hints
around
publishing

an
ar-cle
in
a
journal
and
also
presen-ng
a
paper
in
a

conference.

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

Some
key
ques*ons
before
commencing
with
the
lecture:

1.-‐
How
should
I
start
organising
the
wri-ng
in
my
project?

2.-‐
What
to
start
with:
The
primary
theme
or
message
of
the
paper?
An

outline
to
show
the
structure
of
the
paper?

3.-‐
Which
part
of
my
wri-ng
do
I
start
wri-ng
ﬁrst?

4.-‐
Do
I
write
a
plan
before
I
start
wri-ng
properly?

5.-‐
Am
I
going
to
proceed
with
a
ﬁrst
complete
dram
to
keep
on
edi-ng
it

thereamer?

6.-‐
For
what
audience
am
I
am
wri-ng
for?

7.-‐
Which
is
my
Open
Access
and
Social
Media
dissemina-on
target
plan?

8.-‐
How
could
I
discriminate
between
what
is
most
suitable:
open
access

&/or
social
media?

9.-‐
Do
I
know
any
plauorm?
(academia,
research
gate,
SSRN,…)

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

Core
Concepts:

Becker,
H.S.
(1986)
Wri1ng
for
Social
Scien1sts.
Chicago:
University
of
Chicago

Press.

Mulkay,
M.
(1985)
The
World
and
the
World.
London:
Allen
and
Unwin.

Phillips,
E.
and
Pugh,
D.S.
(2005)
How
to
Get
a
PhD:
A
Handbook
for
Students

and
Their
Supervisors
(4th
edn).
Maidenhead:
Open
University
Press.

Wolcoh,
H.F.
(2001)
Wri1ng
up
Qualita1ve
Research
(2nd
edn).
London:
Sage.

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

Supplementary
Reading

•  Wri-ng
Research
Papers:

hhp://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/report/reporuorm.html

•  Open
Access
Oxford:

hhp://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/accessing-‐and-‐dissemina-ng-‐research-‐outputs-‐the-‐broader-‐
picture/

•  LSE
Impact
of
Social
Sciences:

hhp://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/

•  Twiher
account:
@Write4Research

•  Terras,
M.
(2012)
‘The
Impact
of
Social
Media
on
the
Dissemina-on
of
Research:

Results
of
an
Experiment’,
Journal
of
Digital
Humani1es,
Vol.
1,
No.
3
Summer.

·∙
1.-‐
INTRODUCTION

1.  WRITING 2. DISSEMINATING
·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

1.  WRITING
·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

1.  WRITING
·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

•  Your
ﬁnal
wri-ng
up
and
display
of
data
will
be
inﬂuenced
by:

–  The
audience
to
which
the
results
are
targeted

–  Your
posi-on
in
your
research
study

•  Styles
of
display
include:

–  Graphic
summaries

–  Case
studies

–  Hyperlinks

–  Narra-ves

–  Quotes

–  Mixed
methods
(graphics
and
quotes)

–  Anecdotes

–  Visual
(Photos,
videos)

1.  WRITING
·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

“It
is
by
wri-ng,
even
more
than
by

speech,
that
you
actually
master
your

material
and
extend
your
own

understanding.”

Clanchy,
J.
&
Ballard,
B.
(1991).
Essay
wri1ng
for
students.
New
ed.
Melbourne:

Longman
and
Cheshire.

1.  WRITING
·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

} 
Formal

(impersonal,
no
slang,
formal
sentence
structure)

} 
Reasoned

(cri-cal
thinking:
how
and
why)

} 
Impar*al

(gives
a
balanced
point
of
view,
more
than
one
point
of

view)

} 
Logical

(ideas
ﬂow
logically
from
one
to
another:
topic
sentences
and
linked
paragraphs)

} 
Structured

(keeps
to
the
structure
of
an
essay,
report
etc)

} Supported

(evidence
and
examples,
referencing)

Wordiness

You
may
omen
ﬁnd
that
there
are
a

number
of
words
contained
in
your

wri-ng
that
can
be
safely
eliminated

without
any
kind
of
danger
to
your

meaning
whatsoever.
X

© Unitec New Zealand 33

•  You
may
omen
ﬁnd
that
there

are
a
number
of
words
contained

in
your
wri-ng
that
can
be
safely

eliminated

without
any
kind
of

danger
to
your
meaning

whatsoever.

(Beer
&
McMurrey,
2005,
p.
34)

Beer,
D.,

&
McMurrey,
D.

(2005).
A
guide
to
wri1ng
as
an
engineer
(2nd
ed.).
New
York:
John
Wiley

&
Sons.

© Unitec New Zealand 34

·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

Abstract

100-‐250
words

Introduc*on

usually
one
paragraph

explains
what
you
are
wri-ng

about
and
how
you
plan
to
do
it

Body

A
series
of
paragraphs
(80-‐90%)

Gives
details/evidence
to
answer
the
ques-on

Conclusion

Usually
one
paragraph,

Brieﬂy
summarises
main
ideas
and

shows
you
have
answered
the
ques-on

References

list
of
sources
you
used

·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

Referencing

Referencing
is
a
standard
method
of

acknowledging
your
sources
of
informa-on
and

ideas
that
you
have
used
in
your
assignment

·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

Why
do
we
reference?

• 
To
acknowledge
another
person's
intellectual
work

• 
To
make
it
possible
for
your
reader
to
locate
your

sources
independently

• 
To
demonstrate
your
knowledge
of
your
ﬁeld
and

make
your
wri-ng
more
trustworthy

• 
To
avoid
being
accused
of
'plagiarism'
(using
other

people's
words/ideas
as
if
they
were
your
own)-‐

“intellectual
kidnapping”

·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

When
a
reference
isn’t
required

When
you
include
informa*on
that
is:

•  general
knowledge
(e.g.
that
Barrack
Obama

is
the
President
of
the
U.S.A.)

•  informa-on
that
is
common
knowledge
in

your
field

•  ideas
that
are
definitely
your
own,
and

findings
or
insights
from
your
own
research

·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

Academic
wri-ng
is
a
process

Wri-ng
is
hard
work,
it
takes
-me
and

concentra-on.

Good
writers
aren’t
born
that

way,
rather
they
understand
that
wri-ng
is
a

process.

It
can
be
broken
down
into
stages
that

make
it
more
manageable.

·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

Steps
in
the
academic
wri-ng
process

Analyse
the
ques-on

Brainstorm
ideas

Make
a
plan
to
guide
research

Do
research
to
get
more
ideas
for
your
answer

Sort
ideas
by
planning
the
essay/assignment
structure

Write
drams

Prepare
references

Edit
and
proofread

2. DISSEMINATING
·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

2.1.-‐
FORMAL
PUBLICATIONS:

–  CfP

–  Special
Series

–  Journal
Ar-cles

–  Book
Chapters

–  Books

2.2.-‐
MEDIA
PUBLICATIONS:

–  Magazines

–  Blogs

–  Social
media:
Twiher,
LinkedIn
&
Facebook.

–  Academic
social
media:
Academia,
Research
Gate
&
SSRN.

2.3.-‐
OPEN
ACCESS*

·∙
2.-‐
2
TASKS:
WRITING
&
DISSEMINATING.

Deﬁnitions
!
“Open Access is the free, immediate, online
availability of research articles, coupled
with the rights to use these articles fully in
the digital environment.” (SPARC)!
“unrestricted access and unrestricted
reuse” (Public Library of Science)!

The Shor. Version
RIGHT TO USE!
• An author can share their work with others and allow
others (scholars) to reuse it in certain ways. !
FREE ACCESS!
• An author can put a copy of the publication in their
institutional repository or on a website. !
UNRESTRICTED!
• When someone else accesses the document, it is
human and machine readable.!

·∙
3.-‐
FINAL
REMARKS

1.-‐
Wri-ng
the
academic
project
that
you
have
been
involved
with
is
the
ﬁnal
but

also
the
most
cri-cal
part
of
your
research
process.

2.-‐
Nobody
said
it
would
be
easy.

3.-‐
Generally
speaking,
keeping
in
mind
what
this
lectures
addresses:

–  Academic
wri-ng
is
a
process

–  That
consists
of
diﬀerent
outcomes
sequen-ally

–  There
is
a
formal
path
that
should
be
fed
by
social
networking
ac-vi-es

–  But
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
will
face
sooner
or
later
the
‘white
&
empty’

page.

4.-‐
Wri-ng
should
be
completed
with
Dissemina-on.

5.-‐
Three
main
elements
in
the
Dissemina-on:

–  Formal
(Publica-on):
Classic/Restricted
version
<>
Open
Access
version.

–  Tradi-onal
Media:
Radio,
TV,
magazines,
blogs,…

–  Social
Media:
Day
by
day
more
prominent
role.

Thanks
for
your
ahen-on

Dr
Igor
Calzada
MBA

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