Communicating Your Research with Social Media by Amy Mollett

Communicating Your Research with Social Media by Amy Mollett

This book will help researchers to maximize the impact and highlight the innovation of their research by showing them how to get the most out of social media when evaluating, presenting and disseminating their work.

Written by experts on communicating research to publics, this book is a steadfast guide to the fast-paced world of social mediaIt usefully positions the use of social media in the broader contexts of its history as well as the research lifecycle, and the practical chapters are brilliantly illustrated with informative and entertaining examples.  From the novice social media dabbler to the platform veteran who wishes to expand her repertoire, academics and other knowledge workers will benefit from this sharply-written book.

-- Ella McPherson
Adopting social media as a vehicle to communicate academic research is not an easy task and is generally not very well understood. The true value in this book is in providing a step-by-step breakdown of the strategic capabilities of this medium and highlighting the almost endless possibilities, as well as the pitfalls, when using it to promote one’s research. It will be a guiding light for professorial ‘noobs’ looking to espouse the value of their efforts through digital and social channels. 

-- Brendan J. Keegan

Amy is Social Media Manager at the London School of Economics. She previously managed several blogs at LSE, including LSE Review of Books and the Impact Blog. She has published popular guides for researchers on using social media, including ′Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities: A guide for academics and researchers′ with Patrick Dunleavy, downloaded by 100,000 readers. With her coauthors, Amy has won a Times Higher Education Award for Knowledge Exchange. Amy is a graduate of the London School of Economics and the University of Sussex, and is interested in academic communication, digital engagement, and podcasting. She tweets @amybmollett. Cheryl is senior producer at The Economist where she produces daily podcasts on economics, politics and science. Previous to The Economist, Cheryl worked for the LSE Public Policy Group for four years, producing the award winning podcast series The LSE Review of Books podcast, as well as podcasts for the LSE Impact Blog, the British Politics and Policy Blog and EUROPP. Additionally, she has worked at the BBC World Service and Monocle Radio. She is also a freelance radio journalist reporting for outlets such as Public Radio International and Deutsche Welle English. Cheryl was named a “New Voices” scholar for her achievements as a minority producer by the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR). With her coauthors, Cheryl has won a Times Higher Education Award for Knowledge Exchange. She tweets @cherylbrumley. Chris is Managing Editor of USAPP - American Politics and Policy, the blog of the LSE’s United States Centre (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/). He also launched and managed the LSE’s British Politics and Policy blog (2010), and EUROPP - European Politics and Policy (2012), and supports the creation and management of other blogs around the LSE. He has a undergraduate and a Masters degree in Geography, and a postgraduate diploma in Strategic Management, all from the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. With his coauthors, Chris has won a Times Higher Education Award for Knowledge Exchange. His interests include blogging, research communication, US politics, urban politics, and community activism. He tweets @chrishjgilson Sierra Williams is Community Manager at PeerJ, an open access science publisher for biology, medicine, and computer science. She previously managed strategic communications for the global non-profit, Open Knowledge International and spent four years at the London School of Economics as the Managing Editor of the LSE Impact Blog, one of the most popular LSE blogs, now reaching over 90,000 readers a month. She has an MPhil in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation Studies from Trinity College, Dublin, and a BA in Sociology from the University of San Francisco. Sierra also provided research and administrative support for the LSE Impact of Social Sciences Project. Her interests are in open scholarship, the role of expertise in society, distributed communication networks and data sharing. She tweets @sn_will.

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ISBN 13	9781412962223
ISBN 10	1412962226
Title	Communicating Your Research with Social Media
Author	Amy Mollett
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2017-05-03
Number of pages	328
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