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Social media for PhD researchers
Dr Jenna Condie @jennacondie#SSAPChat
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Social media…
“a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations
of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of User Generated Content”
(Kaplan & Haenlein, 2010, p. 61)
Are you using social media to share your PhD research? If yes, how? If no, why not?
I started using social media during my PhD...
…and kept twittering on! Why?
Opening doorsNew opportunitiesFind my voicePersonal ‘brand’ Keep track Share researchDo researchTeaching practices EmployabilityAn invaluable network…
#help…
My twitter network help me do my job…
What they said
Finding, connecting, sharing
For promoting your own research?
Engaging with many audiences
Future trends…look towards the PhD community!
Tweet your PhD in 140 characters
• Include #SSAPChat • and #TweetYourPhD• - 22 = 118 characters• #sorrynotsorry• But you can include links or images!
Be the SSAP ‘Twitterati’!
1. Follow @SSAPChat http://twitter.com/ssapchat
2. Tweet and include #SSAPChat
3. Share colleagues’ work with your networks please retweet!
We all have something to say
and something to share
Share your presentations
Aggregate and expand through blogging
Monitor and measure
“If (social media interaction is often) then (Open access + social media = increased downloads)”
Melissa Terras (2012)
Social media, research citations and impact
Sharing your content on LinkedIn to develop your professional identities
Sharing your research on academic networking sites
Go where your audiences are
One last thing…
• Google the person next to you –Can you find them? –Are they contactable? –Do they present themselves well?
• When you get home, Google yourself! • My citations on Google Scholar
Resources • #PhDChat #ECRChat #NSMNSS • Engaging Research: Digital Practices of Engaged Researchers (Open University video)• Minocha, S., & Petre, M. (2012)
Handbook of social media for researchers and supervisors Digital technologies for research dialogues, Vitae Innovate and The Open University
• Woodfield, K. (2014) Social media in social research: blogs on blurring the boundaries, e-book
• LSE Twitter Guide • New Social Media, New Social Science – blog & twitter• ESRC How to build a presence on Twitter • A to Z of social media for academics (Prof Andy Miah) • Playing with Altmetrics (Research Whisperer) • Altmetrics Guide (UWS) • Altmetrics Guide (QUT) • Altmetric Bookmarklet• Eysenbach (2011) Can Tweets Predict Citations?
GRS Workshop @ Parramatta campus 20th AugSocial media, doctoral studies, and the wider community
Social media for PhD researchers
Dr Jenna Condie @jennacondie#SSAPChat
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