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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Tips and good practices for creating a personal web-page [closed]
First, apologies if this question has been asked before. I could not find any reference.
I am a math PhD student, about to finish my studies and start searching for a post-doc position. In ...
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Is it okay to send a connection invitation on LinkedIn to an academic event director?
As a just graduated student, I have submitted my contribution proposal for an academic event and the organising committee has accepted it.
Despite I have still met none of the above mentioned ...
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Is social media affecting the creativity of students? [closed]
I have been observing my small sister for about a year now that there has been a huge decline in her studies and academic results and this all has happened soon after we got an Android device common ...
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Promoting research papers with targeted ads
I've seen a targeted ad on Facebook about a new study by a public university (linking to a news blog). The ad was paid for by the university.
Is it common in academia to use targeted ads, paid for by ...
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