using social media as a researcher
DESCRIPTION
Presentation forTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Using social media as a researcher
Dr Anne OsterriederOxford Brookes University
EMC 2012@AnneOsterrieder #emc2012
![Page 2: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Social Media
![Page 3: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Principles of social media platforms
Public profileIndividual
Research GroupInstitution
ContentLinks to publicationsUpdates about talks
Live-tweeting from lectures, conferences, field trips…
Announcing staff changesPictures, micrographs
SubscribersOther researchers
Journalists, science communicatorsTeachers
“The Public”
Consume ContentRead
RespondFavourite/”like”
Share
![Page 4: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
(14 Sept 2012, www.alexa.com)
![Page 5: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Principles of Twitter • People write “tweets”: messages with <140 characters.
• All tweets appear in a • linear timeline.
![Page 6: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Principles of Twitter • If you want to read a person’s tweets, you “follow” him/her
by clicking on a button (= subscribe).
• If someone subscribes to your tweets, they “follow” you.
• If someone follows you, they do not automatically appear in your timeline – you have to follow them back!
![Page 7: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Principles of Twitter • You will be known as “@your_username” • You can directly address people with “@their_username”• You can “re-tweet” tweets from other people, which means
that they are posted on your timeline with attribution to them.
![Page 8: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
What to tweet?• Links: use link-shortening websites such as www.bit.ly,
www.owly.com, www.tinyurl.com • Photos:
• Browser extensions: share websites/articles/papers with one click.
![Page 9: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
A little game…
![Page 10: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Rule number one
Whatever you post, always imagine that it WILL be read by:
• Your boss• Your family• Your competitor
![Page 11: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
The four C’s of social media – find your own style
CONSUME
CONNECT
CURATE
CREATE
![Page 12: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
How to find interesting stuff??
![Page 13: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Hashtags collect information• If you add a “hashtag” (#) before a word, Twitter collects all
tweets about this topic in one stream. #EMC2012
![Page 14: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
How to find interesting people?• Check out who your friends are following
• “Who to follow” suggestions (Twitter)
• Browse interesting hashtags – #phdchat– #ECRchat– #UGchat– #seemyscience– #iamscience
• Curated lists: https://twitter.com/#!/sciencebase/scientwitters/membershttps://twitter.com/#!/EU_Commission/realwomeninscience
![Page 15: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
![Page 16: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
![Page 17: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
http://genomebiology.com/2012/13/8/168
![Page 18: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
14th Sept 2012
![Page 19: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/plantendomembrane
![Page 20: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
http://occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/athene-donald
![Page 21: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
General thoughts
• “Social media” is a tool
• Platforms might change, but social media is likely to stay.
• Learn how to use social media effectively and efficiently.
![Page 22: Using social media as a researcher](https://reader035.vdocuments.site/reader035/viewer/2022062703/554e8340b4c905f66a8b562e/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Resources
Twitter guide for academics:http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/09/29/twitter-guide
/
Social media for scientists: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/2011/09/27/social-media-for-scientists-part-1-its-our-job
/
10 commandments of Twitter for academics: http://chronicle.com
/article/10-Commandments-of-Twitter-for/131813/