AERC POLICY BRIEF WORKSHOP

Using Twitter for Research2015

What and why?• Micro-blogging service - post and read 140- character status messages

(Tweets)

• Use hashtag (#) to describe the content of a tweet

• News broadcasting

• Collect opinions on topics

• Connect with like-minded people

Getting started with Twitter• Sign up• Complete your profile (pic, bio, links, etc…)

• Start following people• Search for colleagues, friends, groups, organizations, etc…

• Build end expand your followers list• Post relevant/useful content, engage in conversations

Useful Twitter terminology• Follow• Retweet (RT)• Reply• @• Mentions• #• Direct Message (DM)

Using Twitter in research• Tweet about ‘products’ related to your research

• Point and share

• Crowdsource research activities

• Reach out to external audiences• practitioners in business, government, and public policy

Source: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/style-guides/documents/twitter-guide-lse.pdf

Using Twitter in research• Get relevant info, quickly

• Researching topics

• Disseminating contents

• Networking• get to know a lot of great people whom I probably wouldn't have met otherwise• Follow conference you can’t attend in person

Source: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/research/guides/management/twitter.htm?part=3

10 commandments of Twitter use1. Put up an avatar2. Use a Twitter handle easy to spell/remember3. Tweet regularly4. Reply to people that tweet at you5. Engage in conversation6. Learn and use hashtags for your subject field/topic7. Ask questions8. Don't just post links to news articles9. Do show your personality. Crack some jokes.10. Have funSource: http://chronicle.com/article/10-Commandments-of-Twitter-for/131813/

Source: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/05/18/who-gives-a-tweet-860-downloads