Questions tagged [social-media]
Use of social media (e.g. Facebook, ResearchGate, blogs, etc.) by academics to engage with other academics or students and to disseminate and publicize their research.
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When do you need Ethics Approval in Humanities research?
Sorry if this sounds clueless - I actually am. I'm in a historical, literary field so I've never had to worry about doing any ethics approval things because I've never had to deal with real, living ...
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Do any philosophers (or those in closely related fields) know why PhilPeople hasn't taken off? [closed]
Do any philosophers (or those in closely related fields) know why PhilPeople.org hasn't taken off? I know many have reservations with Academia.edu and Researchgate since they are commercialized, but I ...
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Is Academia.edu's "mentions" feature real?
I just got an email from Academia.edu saying that my name has been mentioned two times (Edit: now up to 150 papers!), but to see the mentions you have to upgrade to a premium account at 8.25AUD/month.
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With Twitter's mounting troubles, when is the time to jump and where to? [closed]
Twitter has been useful for keeping an eye on relevant research and ocasionally for a bit of peer support through the PhD journey, as well as for sharing some work-related links, announcements, ...
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After 15 years in biomedical research and 11 years hiatus what career options do I have left?
I had a very exciting research career (stem cells) PhD with the group that cloned Dolly, post docs at NYU and Cornell, even Assistant Professor in Memphis. Not a great publication record but my ...
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Dealing with a PhD student reneging on an agreement to appear in social media
Inspired by this question, I have a similar but somehow different problem.
I recently assumed a tenure-track position. One of my strategies for a visible start is to have a strong presence in social ...
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Is it important to include Advance level result in cv when you have post graduate diploma?
I had successfully completed my post graduate diploma in TESOL after completing my IELTS. I have 12 years of experience in teaching. I have a plan to migrate to a country. Therefore I thought of ...
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What is the etiquette surrounding tweeting authors of a paper queries about their work?
I came across a paper from a tweet by a researcher (in the field of computer science, specifically interpretable AI or Explainable AI). I had a query in that field, to answer which I could not find ...
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How appropriate is it to post a tweet saying that I am looking for postdoc positions?
I am currently a final year PhD student in Computational Biophysics and I want to explore different opportunities for my future career. I am not sure if tweeting about my job search would be ...
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Should search committees interact with job candidates on social media during active searches?
I recently interviewed on campus for a position and am in waiting period limbo. Two members of the search committee, including the chair, follow me on Twitter and have been liking/retweeting me since ...
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Alternatives for when your institution doesn't provide you an e-mail address
I study in an institution that never provided me or any other student with an institutional email address. I feel that this is highly prejudicial to my academic success because
it does not allow me ...
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How to handle students scrolling on social media during lectures?
Of course, they may be looking up something related to the lecture content, but I can usually spot that dead-eye TikTok coma a mile off. I get distracted because I am genuinely upset that they’re ...
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Decrease chance of academic article being sensationalized in media
I am first author on a perspective paper being reviewed. The last authors are well known and comfortable discussing the future of certain technologies that can be seen as exciting but also provocative/...
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Did our class do wrong or is the professor being odd?
I'm a master's student at a world-wide top business school. In one subject (a subject that related to my undergraduate specialization) I had a very good professor. He researches in the same field I ...
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ResearchGate: an asset or a waste of time?
There are now many different ways to increase your research visibility: Google Scholar, laboratory/faculty/industry or even personal websites, and LinkedIn, to name a few.
In your opinion, how does ...
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Am I allowed to post screenshots of tables/figures of my paper on Twitter?
I always share my research on twitter and like to summarize my results in a short thread. In these threads, I usually add screenshots of figures or tables showing the results. However, I was wondering:...
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Is it a good idea to put hobby pictures on my academic website?
I understand in general, it is safer to NOT list hobbies on a CV.
My question is about whether is it a good idea to put these on my academic website.
I am a PhD student in a STEM field. Right now I ...
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Is it appropriate to upload student's project to social media?
At my university, there is a lecturer who uploaded a student's final year project to his own social media account and criticized that student's English level. I am wondering, is it appropriate for ...
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My paper is being cited in vaccine misinformation. What do I do?
I have recently discovered that anti-vaxxers have been citing one of my papers on Twitter and elsewhere as evidence of a specific 5G-related conspiracy theory surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine. Of ...
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I just got invited to referee an article! Is it OK to share this achievement on social media?
I am very proud of this achievement and I am thinking about sharing the email to social media. Is it okay to post it as long as I remove confidential information, e.g. manuscript id, title, author?
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Upload preprint on ArXiv AND ReseachGate?
Since I recently published my first ever paper, I was creating some accounts for various social networks and preprint servers. I have to say, I am a little bit confused by ReseachGate: If I have ...
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How are social media (such as Twitter) viewed for sharing research progress? [closed]
I am currently a PhD student and I have done some research and got great results. I have a Twitter account in which I have not mentioned anything about my research. My followers are mainly normal ...
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Is it a good idea to approach professors on LinkedIn about an internship?
I am trying to land my Ph.D. internship through contacting professors on LinkedIn. Is this a good approach? If not, what would a better approach be?
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Are there boycotts of university rankings?
Motivation: Our university has asked us to provide contacts for possible referees for our university for the QS ranking; apparently this "find your own reviewers" system has a 40% weight in ...
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Should I complain about an academic purposefully perverting statistics on Covid vaccinations on Twitter?
As a disclaimer, I have to say I am against any kind of censorship. That being said, academics also have a responsibility to their audience.
An academic with a few thousand citations purposefully ...
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Where is your line with students on social media?
I will be giving lectures for the first time this semester starting in 2 weeks (online due to covid), some students already started to add me and follow me on social media (LinkedIn mainly for now). I ...
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Is MLA Humanities Commons a valid alternative to Academia.edu etc.? [closed]
I've recently discovered MLA's Humanities Commons network and its CORE repository. It seems a viable non-profit alternative for sharing and preserving scholarly work to commercial ventures such as ...
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Do academics make decisions like other humans?
There are now 100s of studies from behaviour change sciences that show that humans take mental shortcuts to make decisions.
For instance we eat at a busy restaurant, because, as a rule of thumb, they ...
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How can I find the altmetrics for a specific paper?
Alternative metrics for a paper, include not just the citations in other academic journals, but also all Twitter mentions, citations in Wikipedia, citations across the Stack Exchange network, etc.
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Is there a "Facebook" for researchers? (to collaborate on projects)
I'm writing my PhD-thesis in economics at a fairly small university.
Accordingly, there are relatively few scientists in my department.
I am planning to write a research paper on a specific topic that ...
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Is it normal for a Professor to make unsolicited contact with potential Masters students via LinkedIn?
My friend recently moved to Canada and she holds a BSc from an overseas university. Her school wasn't world-famous but wasn't bad either. For the past year she'd been studying English and preparing ...
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Is it usual to use YouTube videos showcasing real life experiences/interviews for research? [closed]
I have a research project concentrating on the long-term outcomes of using local medicinal plants among rural communities. I see many YT videos on this topic from many different cultures e.g. short ...
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How do I know if I should write a paper or an essay instead of a post on Facebook or a personal blog?
I find it difficult to put in words what I observe. However, I will do my best to describe my confusion clearly, although if I could truly describe it clearly, probably I would have already found the ...
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Can I submit a paper that I uploaded Academia.edu to a journal?
Will journals accept a paper that I have already put up on Academia.edu? It has more than 800 views and has been cited more than 10 times. Does uploading my paper on an open source website nullify my ...
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What should I do if someone is claiming my research on ResearchGate?
I've got a case where 90% of my academic publications are being claimed by a professor at another university with the same name on ResearchGate. I've sent several email requests both direct and ...
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Can a public university block me on their official social media account if I am a student and/or employee?
I am a Ph.D. student at a large public university in the US. I am working on completing my defense and trying to graduate before the end of the summer term. I found out recently, rather accidentally, ...
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Is there a way to tell Academia.edu "My downloading a paper is not an opt-in to be spammed with ongoing related papers"? [duplicate]
I started exploring for sources for a paper I am working on on Academia.edu, downloaded a few papers, and got an annoying stream of (from my perspective) unsolicited related papers in my inbox. I ...
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What is the least amount of effort needed to ensure no copyright issue of using online pictures in lecture notes/slides
I have noticed that in many university's course notes/slides, particularly those in the CS department, and in particular those dealing with computer animation/graphics, a large amount of instructors ...
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Is it possible for an academic to successfully claim their Google knowledge panel with an institution-hosted webpage and a Google Scholar account?
Edit: I rewrote the question based on the associated discussion on meta.
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Google created a "knowledge panel" about me which appears when my name is searched in Google. It consists ...
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Should I list my work as a frequent journal reviewer as a volunteer work in LinkedIn?
I am a frequent reviewer for a particular (computer science) journal, and I wonder if the review work I do counts as a "volunteer" work?
I do already list this work in my CV under (PROFESSIONAL ...
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Is it okay if a professor friends a student on social media sites?
If a professor is teaching a student currently, is it okay if he/she friends the student on social media sites such as Facebook or Google Plus?
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How to find suitable PhD programs in Computational Social Science? [closed]
I recently graduated from a master's program in Information Science in the U.S. and want to get into a Ph.D. program in the near future. I am pretty interested in computational social science, ...
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In what sort of department can I pursue a PhD in fan behaviour?
I'm planning to do PhD on the Fan culture to be specific - A comparative study on the effects of Digital media on Football Fan behaviour on supporters of European football clubs in Indonesia and India....
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For a PhD pursuing a career in academia is a Linkedin helpful?
I have seen the other questions on linkedin on the Academia stack exchange page but had a slightly different one.
For a PhD student who is looking to becomes a professor post grad school, is a ...
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Is it legal to upload PDFs of my papers on a personal website & research-networking websites? [duplicate]
I've created a .com personal website where I intend to describe my research, including full-text PDF copies of my published papers. I was going to also make these PDFs available in my account on ...
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Is there a site where I can look for potential collaborators on an academic project that I'm pursuing all by myself? [closed]
I'm working on an academic project, and after getting a few results by myself, I'm a bit stuck. Currently, I'm not affiliated to any university or company, and also since I switched from my PhD topic ...
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Could your supervisor decide what you post on social media?
I am a first year PhD student in Europe, I started in November. My supervisor has recently take a liking into posting on social media and communication-related issues (style, words, hours etc), even ...
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Is it acceptable for a student to connect with a professor on LinkedIn?
Earlier in the semester, I was informed by both an advisor/academic counselor and a professor at my university that it is a good idea to connect with professors on LinkedIn if they have interests in ...
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Is it appropriate for an undergrad to friend grad students / postdocs on social media?
I'm guessing that if the grad student / postdoc is directly supervising the undergrad, friending would not be very appropriate. However, would it be ok for an undergrad to friend other grad students / ...
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Specifically academic alternative to LinkedIn
It is well-known that LinkedIn is used by scholars too, but I think that the business-friendly structure of your profile-page makes it markedly less suitable for academic purposes. Is there a ...
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