Science2.0Thepowerandpoten3alofe‐communica3on

MarcWCado<eUniversityofToronto

Whatusedtohappen…

Feb.2009

Oct.2009

Thegood…

•  Discussionisfast•  Manypar3cipants

•  Inclusive•  Rigourinnumbers

Rigourinnumbers

Viegasetal.2004

Viegasetal.2004

Viegasetal.2004Halffixedinlessthan3minutes

Thebad(orperhaps‘theunfulfilled’)

•  Rela3velyfewvoices

Thebad(orperhaps‘theunfulfilled’)

•  Rela3velyfewvoices•  limiteddiscourse

•  disconnectedfromjournalsandtheirreaders

•  blurringofscien3ficdiscoursefrompersonalnarra3ves/opinions

Thefuture

•  bloggingneedstogrow(andspecialize?)•  integra3oniskey

•  JournalRSSfeeds•  ‘likes’andra3ngs•  linkedcommentaries/blogposts(DOItags)•  recommenda3onsbasedonsimilar‘likes’