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DigitalKoans » Blog Archive » Social Media: A Guide for Researchers - 0 views

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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.
Mal Booth

Social Media Lure Academics Frustrated by Traditional Publishing - Technology - The Chr... - 0 views

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

The new metrics cannot be ignored - we need to implement centralised impact management ... - 0 views

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    By using the social web to convey both scholarly and public attention of research outputs, altmetrics offer a much richer picture than traditional metrics based on exclusive citation database information.
Mal Booth

Differentiating social media « E-WOT - 1 views

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    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.
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Social Media Benefits For Researchers - 0 views

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    An old presentation that has been much-viewed about the benefits of social media use for researchers.
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Cochrane Collaboration on social media | Heidi Allen Digital Strategy - 0 views

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    Presentation on using social media in health and research.
Mal Booth

"Towards Research Collaboration - a Taxonomy of Social Research Network" by Angelika Co... - 1 views

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    A taxonomy for social network sites.
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Six Social Media Trends for 2011 - David Armano - The Conversation - Harvard... - Stumb... - 0 views

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    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.
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http://www.ucl.ac.uk/infostudies/research/ciber/social-media-report.pdf - 0 views

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    A really useful report on how researchers are using social media and what their attitudes are to it.
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Social media: A guide for researchers (links and resources) | Research Information Network - 0 views

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    A recently seen guide to social media resources from the UK. Dated only 7 Feb 2011!
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Academia.edu - 0 views

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    cademia.edu is a free social networking website and collaboration tool aimed at academics and researchers from all disciplines. Like Facebook or LinkedIn for academics, but not as annoying or distracting. Very focussed on academia. Launched in September 2008, it became one of the largest social networking sites/portals for academics in 2010.
Mal Booth

Why Higher Education Is In Trouble-In One Graph | e-Literate - 0 views

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    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.
Mal Booth

Using Twitter for Curated Academic Content | Impact of Social Sciences - 0 views

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    "Using Twitter for Curated Academic Content" (Yes, you could do this or you could just use Zite or even Flipboard - apps freely available via iTunes. Mal Booth)
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22 Hot New Social Media Tools Worth Exploring | Social Media Examiner - 0 views

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    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
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Design Thinking: Penny Hagen, 2 February 2011 - eri on the interweb - 0 views

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    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.
Mal Booth

ReSearch.ly - Instant Communities In Real-Time with Viral Analytics and Viral Search - 3 views

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    A research tool for those interested in social media.
Mal Booth

Social Media Is Dead: Long Live Common Sense. - 0 views

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