social media for historians fall 2013
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SOCIAL MEDIA
FOR HISTORIANS
Cheyenne HohmanA&S Hive
What Is Social Media?
Virtual communities & networks, often based
on a type of media shared or a specific interest
What Is Social Media?
Virtual communities & networks, often based
on a type of media shared or a specific interest
Accessible & scalable via varied publishing
techniques
What Is Social Media?
Virtual communities & networks, often based
on a type of media shared or a specific interest
Accessible & scalable via varied publishing
techniques
Depends on collaboration, exchange,
interaction, and mobile & web-based
technologies
What Is Social Media?
Virtual communities & networks, often based
on a type of media shared or a specific interest
Accessible & scalable via varied publishing
techniques
Depends on
collaboration, exchange, interaction, and
mobile & web-based technologies
Ephemeral quality, but don’t take that for
granted
Pages
Serve as a bulletin board for your posts
Platform to share news, events, links, videos, etc.
One-to-many communication flow
Best for announcements
Groups
Serve as a forum; participation is key
Still can share news, events, links, videos, etc
Many-to-many communication flow
Can include documents
Networking tool for casual & professional folks
Defaults to public – can be made private
@usernames to “call out” – communicate publicly
#terms that others may search – may be a topic, author, etc. Also sometimes used as a comic device.
Certified/Official accounts – to disambiguate duplicate or parody profiles
Conference use
Follow #hashtag offered by the conference
Tweet @users that offer comments on sessions
you attended
Do not tweet about unpublished work unless
you’re sure the author doesn’t mind
Follow scholars and fellow @users to
network/collaborate with
If presenting, introduce your Twitter handle on
the first slide, and a tinyURL or tweet a bit.ly
link to your presentation on Slideshare.
If responding to a presentation, include the
presenter’s @username and your comment,
with a link to your source if possible.
HOOTSUITE
Neutral, third-party service
HOOTSUITE
Neutral, third-party service
Plays well with Facebook, Twitter, Google+
and more
HOOTSUITE
Neutral, third-party service
Plays well with Facebook, Twitter, Google+
and more
Scheduling tool – time, date, and “auto
schedule”
HOOTSUITE
Neutral, third-party service
Plays well with Facebook, Twitter, Google+
and more
Scheduling tool – time, date, and “auto
schedule”
Analytics
HOOTSUITE
Neutral, third-party service
Plays well with Facebook, Twitter, Google+
and more
Scheduling tool – time, date, and “auto
schedule”
Analytics
In-house link shortener
HOOTSUITE
HOOTSUITE
HOOTSUITE
HOOTSUITE
HOOTSUITE
Visual medium with # and @ protocols like
Used heavily, mobile-friendly
Engage audiences with scavenger
hunts, contests
Announce events
Square format
Mobile-only sharing platform
CREATIVE COMMONS
Alternative to traditional copyright
Search.creativecommons.org:
Photographs
Clip art
Illustrations
Music
Videos
Media
Double check all results & cite properly – use without
fear!
CREATIVE COMMONS
PREZI
Platforms for sharing presentations
Prezi
Proprietary format; zoomable
.edu registration allows more editing options
Plays nicely with certain media hosts
(YouTube, etc)
SLIDESHARE
Hosts PowerPoints, PDFs and documents for free
Searchable by topic, author, popularity
SLIDESHARE
SLIDESHARE
Current?
Popular?
SLIDESHARE
SLIDESHARE
BLOGS
Good place to get info, opinions, post updates,
and network with other scholars
Blogs can be posted through the A&S website
