Thoughts on Social Networkingfor Researchers

Use, benefits and can you make up your mind?

Rachel JohnsonTim Johnson

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What is going on?

• Current use by researchers

• Be aware of what other researchers in your field are doing and join in

•So what are researchers doing and why?RIN Report ‘If you build it, will they come’

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Change Change ChangeQuestions addressed by research:

•changing discovery techniques or enhancing the accessibility of research information

•changing researchers publication and dissemination behaviour, and

•changing practices around communicating research findings

•Make data easier to share verify and re-use(‘ generating, re-purposing and consuming content’ RIN p. 5)

•approach is decentralised and collective, a different approach to the assessment and organisation of information in terms of ownership and control.

• ‘the more people can connect and collaborate the better’ RIN p. 32

’It almost offers you a half way house in that you can be less formal, you don’t have to have completed your research project, you can talk about your research findings … and it’s put out there in the public space and people can comment or interact without having to wait until your final output is a journal article that will appear in print.’

Research Information Network. If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use Web 2.0. London, 2010. p. 28

Topical

• Delicious - - No, we are not shutting down Delicious.

http://www.pearltrees.com/ http://pinboard.in/http://www.diigo.com

• Blogs – Dave White - http://tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk/index.php/2010/05/17/does-the-technology-matter/#comments

• Twitter – research (Tweetdeck)• Facebook – Maria Nikolajeva

Topical

• Cloudworks – Virtual Worlds - http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2059

• Academia.edu – Tim - http://worc.academia.edu/timjohnson/About

• Combinations – examples– VWWM– mail list, web site, SL, f2f– Presence – mail list, web site, f2f

• BlogScholar http://www.blogscholar.com/• Academic Blog Portal

http://www.academicblogs.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

• Hyptertope http://www.hypertope.com/

“In ancient Greek the word

“persona-lity” … is derived from

the word for “mask”. The function

of the mask was not to hide the

actor but give information about

the character.” Rhizome: Digital Identity Matters, Warburton

2010, Eduserv, Kings College, London p12

I r v i n g G o ff m

a n

“… this mask is our truer self,

the self we would like to be …

our conception of our role

becomes second nature and

an integral part of our

personality.”

Goffman, E. (1959). The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Reprint. Penguin Books, 1990, p30

IdentityBluesky

TimothyKaren

or‘One of the key social skills for the 21st

century is building and maintaining your networks … the more people can connect and collaborate, the better.’ (RIN p.32)

So – Make up your mind – do you think like this:

I’d rather spend the time thinking about what I’m going to do next rather than spend it telling others what I’m doing…’ (RIN p.32)

Graduate Research School Blog• All the urls from this session will be on your Research School

blog

• http://graduateresearchschool.wordpress.com/

• If you have any queries that either Rachel or Tim might be able to help with please contact us by email.

• r.johnson@worc.ac.uk

• k.johnson@worc.ac.uk