Social media for scientists
Social media can be both a friend and a foe to scientific productivity. Here’s the best coverage, analysis and help and advice from Nature on how to use social media to strengthen your science without sacrificing productivity.
How to use Twitter to further your research career
The social-media platform is often a tool for procrastination, says Jet-Sing M. Lee. But what else can it be?
- Jet-Sing M. Lee
How we use Instagram to communicate microbiology to the public
Social media is a powerful tool for science communication. Instagram’s image-focused model is no exception, say Hunter Hines and Sally Warring.
- Hunter Hines &
- Sally Warring
Networking for introverted scientists
Networking is a crucial skill for all scientists. Ruth Gotian offers tips for those who struggle to make it work.
- Ruth Gotian
Turn off your e-mail and social media to get more done
Distractions are a fundamental aspect of the modern world, but we don’t have to become hermits to avoid them.
- John Tregoning
The dark side of social media
Psychologists find that Internet trolls seem impervious to any efforts to change their behaviour.
Social media for scientists
Scientists are increasingly embracing social media in their professional lives. Here, we look at the different platforms available to researchers and how social media engagement can positively influence their day-to-day work and scientific communication.
Collaboration: Social networking seeks critical mass
There are myriad social and professional networking options for scientists. But, so far, none has proved infectious enough to go viral.
- Virginia Gewin
What all those scientists on Twitter are really doing
Analysis reveals that female researchers are over-represented on the social-media site and that mathematicians and life scientists are less likely to use it.
- Sarah McQuate
Science and sexism: In the eye of the Twitterstorm
Social media is shaking up how scientists talk about gender issues.
- Lauren Morello
Facebook gives social scientists unprecedented access to its user data
Projects from around the world will delve into questions such as how misinformation spreads on social-media platforms and who distributes it.
- Heidi Ledford
Searching for digital technology’s effects on well-being
Fears over the impact on mental health of smartphones, social media and other trappings of the digital world are driving tech companies to change, but the evidence remains sketchy.
- Simon Makin
Saving the digital world
A growing proportion of global culture exists only online, presenting a challenge to those tasked with maintaining the historical record.
- Sedeer el-Showk
Seven ways scientists handle technology challenges in resource-poor settings
Researchers share their tips for working in environments with unreliable infrastructure.
- Charles Q. Choi
Online collaboration: Scientists and the social network
Giant academic social networks have taken off to a degree that no one expected even a few years ago. A Nature survey explores why.
- Richard Van Noorden
Peer review: Trial by Twitter
Blogs and tweets are ripping papers apart within days of publication, leaving researchers unsure how to react.
- Apoorva Mandavilli
Источник: nature.com
