Continuing with our focus on the merits of social media for making academic impact, Alfred Hermida, award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator, argues that social media is inherently a system of peer evaluation, where participation and engagement are recognised and rewarded through dynamic social interactions
Academics across the sciences and humanities are increasingly being encouraged to use social media a...
We are three academics who are active on social media. We explore the motivations for and benefits o...
There are pressing questions academic institutions will need to address over the next couple of year...
Academic research involving social media is still perceived as less rigourous than traditional journ...
This report has been commissioned by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to ...
Social media outlets are becoming essential for academia, not just for the promotion of research but...
This post explores academics’ relationships with ‘academic social media’; specifically with regards ...
Quantifying scholarly output via traditional citation metrics is the time-honored method to gauge ac...
This article looks at the impact of social media on scholarly publishing, including altmetrics, whic...
In a response to Jason Priem’s post advocating the use of Twitter by academics, Don Taylor writes th...
Academics have a chance to make a ‘social impact investment’, by introducing the greater public to o...
This articles examines how ongoing developments in social media have intersect with academic publish...
For many academics, using social media has both drawbacks and advantages. Social media may allow con...
Although scholars are often encouraged to promote their research online, institutional recognition o...
There are numerous assumptions on research evaluation in terms of quality and relevance of academic ...
Academics across the sciences and humanities are increasingly being encouraged to use social media a...
We are three academics who are active on social media. We explore the motivations for and benefits o...
There are pressing questions academic institutions will need to address over the next couple of year...
Academic research involving social media is still perceived as less rigourous than traditional journ...
This report has been commissioned by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to ...
Social media outlets are becoming essential for academia, not just for the promotion of research but...
This post explores academics’ relationships with ‘academic social media’; specifically with regards ...
Quantifying scholarly output via traditional citation metrics is the time-honored method to gauge ac...
This article looks at the impact of social media on scholarly publishing, including altmetrics, whic...
In a response to Jason Priem’s post advocating the use of Twitter by academics, Don Taylor writes th...
Academics have a chance to make a ‘social impact investment’, by introducing the greater public to o...
This articles examines how ongoing developments in social media have intersect with academic publish...
For many academics, using social media has both drawbacks and advantages. Social media may allow con...
Although scholars are often encouraged to promote their research online, institutional recognition o...
There are numerous assumptions on research evaluation in terms of quality and relevance of academic ...
Academics across the sciences and humanities are increasingly being encouraged to use social media a...
We are three academics who are active on social media. We explore the motivations for and benefits o...
There are pressing questions academic institutions will need to address over the next couple of year...