social media for academics
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Social networks: why and how academics use themTRANSCRIPT
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Social Media for Academics
Stephanie HatchSocial Media and Email Marketing SpecialistMIT Communication Production Services
April 2013
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Objectives
• Understand why academics use social media
• Understand what social networks academics use and how they use them
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Why do academics use social media?
• Organize research interdependently • Organize information for sharing• Network with like-minded individuals• Find out about research that isn’t published yet• Be more influential in the field; promote your work• Gain quick feedback• Share knowledge and offer expertise• Inspire future academics
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Blogging
ProfessorLarrySusskind’s blog
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Blogging: comments
He gets insightful
comments on his posts
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Facebook: network and socialize
Follow a research project or a topic-based group
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Facebook: network
Connected with like-minded individuals doing great work.
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Twitter: join the conversation
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Twitter: join the conversation
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Google+
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Google+
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Google+: tell your story
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Google+: tell your story
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Google Hangouts
Sandy Pentland, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences http://www.youtube.com/Lv7KNRcTK8w
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Flickr
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Flickr
Image: UTPL Unidad de Gestión de la Comunicación
CVs are often text-only. Why not share photos of your great experiences?
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Flickr: personality
You love what you do.
Image: NTNU Engineering Science and Technology
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Flickr: slides, images, charts, etc.
Show me the data.
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Pinterest: collections, called “boards”
@alyssakmitchell
Pinterest: share great links
Pinterest: shared boards + comments
LinkedIn: networking
• Not just for getting a job after graduation• Connect with others in your field• Embed SlideShare presentations in your profile• List all of your publications• Individuals change their institutional email address when they graduate from college and go to another for grad school. LinkedIn allows people to keep in touch despite address changes.
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Quora: ask and answer questions
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Quora: ask and answer questions
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Quora: inspire prospective academics
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SlideShare: share your presentations
Federico Casalegno Andres SevtsukResearch Scientist, Comparative Media Studies Urban Studies and Planning
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SlideShare
Kenneth P. Morse Joi ItoSr. Lecturer, Sloan Director, Media Lab
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SlideShare
Vijay Kumar Ramesh RaskarDirector, OEIT Professor, Media Lab
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Mendeley: organize research
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Mendeley: organize research
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Mendeley
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Ways to add documents to Mendeley
• Add directly from the Mendeley research catalog• While browsing the web• Set up a sync folder on your desktop• Drag PDFs onto the Mendeley window• Export information from XML, RIS, and BibTeX• Use the Mendeley apps for iPhone and iPad (Android coming soon)
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Mendeley app
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ResearchGate
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ResearchGate: membership
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ResearchGate: membership
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ResearchGate: membership
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ResearchGate: membership
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ResearchGate: membership
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ResearchGate: profile
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ResearchGate: understand your influence
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ResearchGate: get help
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ResearchGate: get help
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Academia.edu
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Academia.edu: analytics
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Academia.edu: analytics
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Thank you
Stephanie Hatch
email [email protected] @hatchstephblog connect.mit.edu/blog