
Focus on Twitter
Watch this YouTube video on Twitter. Can't see the video? You can either watch it on the YouTube website or adjust your browser settings. It covers:
- How to send 'tweets'.
- How to make tweets public, and how to keep them private.
- How to 'follow' other people in your field.
And then have a look at these articles:
- Martin Fenner talks about how Twitter can lead to the 'personalised journal' in Do more tweets mean higher citations?
- and Amy Mollett, Danielle Moran and Patrick Dunleavy explain how Twitter can be used in an academic environment. Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities.
Now that you have watched the video and read the articles, do you think that Twitter could be a useful tool for disseminating your research and expanding your academic networks?