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Tagged with social-media academic-life
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Should I have social media profile? Is it truly useful to create networking?
I don't have social apps since the pandemic because I considered it disturbing to my mind and a way where to I was wasting too much time.
Now, I'm starting master degree. I attended a conference and ...
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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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Social media vs. academic career [closed]
After an incident where a complaint has been submitted against my private social media profile by students (with whom I had no interaction, nor were my posts directed towards) I felt attacked in a way ...
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What happened to the Piled Higher and Deeper comics?
Without dating myself too badly, I have enjoyed PhD comics since the beginning. For the past few years, there have been about 2 or 3 new comics a week, but there has not been a new comic in months. I ...
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Is there a celebrity culture in academia and should we discourage it? [closed]
I work in STEM, and in recent years I have been troubled by this trend in academia where certain individuals are elevated to the status of celebrities. Their appearances alone draw crowds in the ...
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Is there a way to do serious social justice-related work or research while working on scientific research?
I am currently working in the sciences (broadly speaking, the STEM field) in the United States as a researcher.
I have been following quite closely to the social-political trend of the US for the ...
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Does making Youtube videos improve your CV?
Is the creation of youtube content/lectures in your field worth showing off on an Academic CV?
In the most extreme case: if someone who is considering hiring for a teaching position in a university/...
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Bullying in Academia: Harassed by senior PhD student? [closed]
Now this is something that happened long ago and even after so long, in a way begs for an answer, so I thought that I might ask here.
This happened to someone who was in another department of my ...
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Does the usage of Facebook and Twitter harm a professor's career? [closed]
Should they instead protect their tweets and Facebook posts and keep them private / Friends-only in their account settings?
Some profs' tweets / Facebook posts are great and inform the public of ...
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Is Facebook a necessary tool for a student?
I'm starting a master's degree in the autumn, and I recently received an email from the university inviting me to join the Facebook page for the course.
However, I don't currently have an active ...
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