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Zhu, Yimie and Procter, Rob (2015) Use of blogs, Twitter and Facebook by UK PhD Students for Scholarly Communication. Observatorio, 9 (2). pp. 29-46. ISSN 1646-5954.
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Abstract
This study explores scholarly use of social media by PhD students through a mix-method approach of qualitative interviews and a case study of #phdchat conversation. Social media tools, such as blogs, Twitter and Facebook, can be used by PhD students and early career researchers to promote their professional profiles, disseminate their work to a wider audience quickly, and gain feedback and support from peers across the globe. There are also difficulties and potential problems such as the lack of standards and incentives, the risks of ideas being stolen, lack of knowledge of how to start and maintain using social media tool and the potential need to invest significant amount of time and effort. We found that respondents employed various strategies to maximize the impact of their scholarly communication practice.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Blogs, Microblogs, Social media, Communication in learning and scholarship, Doctoral students -- Blogs, Web 2.0 | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Observatorio | ||||||||
Publisher: | OberCom | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1646-5954 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2015 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 9 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 18 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 29-46 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 December 2015 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 December 2015 |
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