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Released in February 2011, this guide for researchers introduces some basics about how social media may be of use and highlights some basic social media tools.

Short article on growing use of social media by academics (vice traditional publishing). Also touches on frustration with peer review.

A post that explains different forms of social media using donuts. Just look at the image if you're busy: it isn't far off the mark.

An old presentation that has been much-viewed about the benefits of social media use for researchers.

Presentation on using social media in health and research.

Social media trends for 2011 from HBR. Worth a look, even if you don't agree with many of them (like me). I do think these trends have a distorted bias towards business and that misses the point really. There is also a growing push-back against Facebook that is ignored by this analysis from the US.

A really useful report on how researchers are using social media and what their attitudes are to it.

A recently seen guide to social media resources from the UK. Dated only 7 Feb 2011!

Not all of those mentioned on this list are that "new". Those I think that would be most useful to researchers: For metrics/statistics - Argyle, TwentyFeet.com & PostRank For content management - Trunk.ly & Storify & for Twitter hashtag tracking - HashTracking

A research tool for those interested in social media.

Presentation about social media. Easy to follow and an interesting perspective explaining how it is more than marketing

Presentation about the costs of higher education (albeit US costs) and some alternative ways we can assist including more open access, social media and social networks.

Tumblr is a growing social media platform that is a bit of a mix between Twitter, a blog and something like Flickr (as it is normally associated with images or short videos). It is suited to multiple platforms and cloud-based. It is a platform that may suit some researchers. Another multi-platform blog along similar lines is Posterous.

Press article on data analytics, the cloud & social media

This Mac software may help some researchers who find email and social media distracting.

A presentation by UTS PhD candidate Penny Hagen (FEIT) on her research into the use of social technologies and participative methodology in the design process.

Quora's service allows users to ask questions and give answers. Additionally, users can comment on the questions and answers and "upvote" or "downvote" the answers. An "Answer Summary" can be created to reflect the consensus of the community. This summary is a wiki that can be edited by any registered user.

Great presentation with some simple advice for academics and researchers about raising their online profiles, using open access and some colaborative tools.