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• Create your Twitter account! [Task A]
– Think carefully about your username
• Post your first Tweet [Task B]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/twittersessionfeb2014-140308120217-phpapp01/75/Introduction-to-Twitter-for-Academics-4-2048.jpg)
![Task [C]
• Log into Twitter (if you haven’t already)
• Go to: search for spsw (people search)
• Follow this account.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/twittersessionfeb2014-140308120217-phpapp01/75/Introduction-to-Twitter-for-Academics-6-2048.jpg)
![Task [D]
• Post a Tweet with the hashtag #wrsocmed at
the end if you haven’t already done so
• Do a Twitter search for #wrsocmed
• Select the ‘All’ option at the top
• Click on the user’s name
• Click the ‘Follow’ button](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/twittersessionfeb2014-140308120217-phpapp01/75/Introduction-to-Twitter-for-Academics-10-2048.jpg)
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- 1. Matt Cornock University ofYork http://www.flickr.com/photos/elston/41311696 Introducing Twitter
- 2. What is Twitter? Websiteand free service Post short messages Following Form a network
- 3. What are Tweets? Upto 140 characters long Public (by default) Transient Current activity, questions, links, opinions
- 4. Task • Create yourTwitter account! [Task A] – Think carefully about your username • Post your first Tweet [Task B]
- 5. How does Followingwork? Find a Twitter user you like Their Tweets appear on your Home page
- 6. Task [C] • Loginto Twitter (if you haven’t already) • Go to: search for spsw (people search) • Follow this account.
- 7. How is thenetwork created? Followers of you You People you follow
- 8. How is thenetwork created? Followers of you One of your followers One of your follower’s followers You People you follow
- 9. #hashtags Short ‘tags’ (words,acronyms, phrases) prefixed with a hash # Creates a connection between Tweets on the same topic Not fixed – may change their meaning
- 10. Task [D] • Posta Tweet with the hashtag #wrsocmed at the end if you haven’t already done so • Do a Twitter search for #wrsocmed • Select the ‘All’ option at the top • Click on the user’s name • Click the ‘Follow’ button
- 11. Twitter for Academia Newsfrom organisations Research updates from individuals Testing opinion or finding answers Links to new publications Forming your own online identity
- 12. Who to Follow? @spsw @jrf_uk @wrssdtc @IPPRNorth @mattcornock @spapostgrads Findpeople by searching for names, organisations or topics Then click the Follow Button on their profile
- 13. @user A Twitter usernameprefixed with @ Used at the start of a Tweet indicates a reply Used elsewhere as a reference
- 14. ReTweets Re-posting someone else’sTweet from your own Twitter profile Indicates appreciation of the original Tweet Shares original Tweet with new audiences Is encouraged!
- 15. Link sharing Use aweb address shortening service http://bit.ly More room in your Tweet for your words You view tracked clicks by appending + to the bit.ly link e.g. https://bitly.com/Mf3wgN+
- 16. @user and linksharing Targetted tweeting = maximum impact Identify key players in your field Leads to re-tweets Increased ‘click-thru’ Make them aware of your research
- 17. Matt Cornock University ofYork http://www.flickr.com/photos/elston/41311696 Measuring impact
- 18.
- 19. Blogs • Hits • Commenting •Linking • Allow time
- 20. Tweets and citations ‘Highlytweeted articles were 11 times more likely to be highly cited than less-tweeted articles’ Eysenbach, G. (2011) ‘Can Tweets Predict Citations?’, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 13(4). http://www.jmir.org/2011/4/e123/
- 21. High impact blogs •Make authors aware of your work • Guest post http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/11/15/world-bank-dissemination/
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- 23. General promotion • Emailsignatures • Department profiles • Cross-linking between services
- 24. References • • • • • • • • • • • • Ashton, M. (2011)The benefits of academic blogging, Dr Matthew Ashton’s Politics blog. http://drmatthewashton.com/2011/05/08/the-benefits-of-academic-blogging/ (Accessed on 10 July 2012). Evans, J. and Day, A. (2014) Twitter for Researchers [Prezi]. http://prezi.com/f9ivxz4pkloj/twitter-for-researchers/ (Accessed on 11 February 2014). Golash-Boza, T. (2011) So, You Want to Start an Academic Blog? Four Tips to Know Before You Start, Get A Life, PhD. http://getalifephd.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/so-you-want-to-start-academic-blog-four.html (Accessed on 10 July 2012). Heathfield, S. M. (N.D.) Blogging and Social Media Policy Sample, Human Resources, About.com. http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplesb/a/blogging_policy.htm (Accessed on 16 February 2012). Johnson, K. A. (2011) ‘The effect of Twitter posts on students' perceptions of instructor credibility’, Learning, Media and Technology, 36(1), 21-38. Might, M. (N.D.) 6 blog tips for busy academics. http://matt.might.net/articles/how-to-blog-as-an-academic/ (Accessed 18 February 2014). Mollet, A., Moran, D. and Dunleavy, P. (2011) Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities: a guide for academics and researchers. LSE Public Policy Group. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/PublishedTwitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf (Accessed on 11 February 2014). Patel, N. (2011) Neil Patel’s Guide to Blogging, Quicksprout. http://www.quicksprout.com/2011/11/14/neil-patels-guide-to-blogging/ (Accessed on 16 February 2012). Patel, S. (2011) 10 Ways Researchers Can Use Twitter. Networked Researcher. http://www.networkedresearcher.co.uk/2011/08/03/10-ways-researchers-can-use-twitter/ (Accessed on 11 February 2014). Potter, N. (2013) Blogging in academia [Prezi]. http://prezi.com/56puh4lelpgw/blogging-in-academia/ (accessed on 18 February 2014). Potter, N. (2013) Twitter for Researchers [SlideShare]. http://www.slideshare.net/thewikiman/twitter-for-researchers-22968557 (Accessed on 11 February 2014). Rowse, D. (2005) Ten Tips for writing a blog post, Problogger. http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/30/tens-tips-for-writing-ablog-post/ (Accessed on 16 February 2012).
Editor's Notes
- #8 The network is wholly dependent on you and who you choose to follow, and who finds you worth following. Unlink a forum, which is an established single place where people contribute or read, Twitter is an ad-hoc space. Who contributes and who reads changes regularly. For instance, in a forum, the post is made but just sits on the forum page. On Twitter, a post can be made, re-tweeted, re-tweeted again, spreading out through connections of individuals.