Tweet Your Science – an analysis of scientists using Twitter.
Collins, Kimberley Alexandra Marie
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Collins, K. A. M. (2015). Tweet Your Science – an analysis of scientists using Twitter. (Thesis, Master of Science Communication). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5998
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Abstract:
This thesis discusses the rise of social media and investigates how scientists use it. A research component involves the development, implementation and analysis of a survey to assess how scientists use social media. In particular it focuses on the micro-blogging social media platform Twitter and inquires how scientists might be using Twitter as a communication tool to engage with their colleagues as well as the public. The thesis also includes a creative component – a website called “Tweet Your Science”. This website was created as a tool to engage scientists with Twitter. It provides them with guides and resources to help them get started, and includes a searchable public database of “tweeting scientists”.
Date:
2015
Advisor:
Rock, Jennifer
Degree Name:
Master of Science Communication
Degree Discipline:
Zoology
Publisher:
University of Otago
Keywords:
Science Communicaton; Social Media
Research Type:
Thesis
Languages:
English
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