This document provides information on using Twitter for research purposes. It discusses what Twitter is, how to get started using it, useful terminology, and ways it can be used to support research. Specifically, Twitter allows researchers to share information about their work, crowdsource research activities, connect with practitioners and colleagues, find relevant information quickly, disseminate content, and network with people they may not otherwise meet. The document also provides "10 commandments" for effective Twitter use, such as putting up an avatar, tweeting regularly, engaging in conversations, and having fun.

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Using Twitter for Research
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2. What and why?
• Micro-blogging service - post and read 140- character status
messages (Tweets)
• Use hashtag (#) to describe the content of a tweet
• News broadcasting
• Collect opinions on topics
• Connect with like-minded people

3. Getting started with Twitter
• Sign up
• Complete your profile (pic, bio, links, etc…)
• Start following people
• Search for colleagues, friends, groups, organizations, etc…
• Build end expand your followers list
• Post relevant/useful content, engage in conversations

4. Useful Twitter terminology
• Follow
• Retweet (RT)
• Reply
• @
• Mentions
• #
• Direct Message (DM)

5. Using Twitter in research
• Tweet about ‘products’ related to your research
• Point and share
• Crowdsource research activities
• Reach out to external audiences
• practitioners in business, government, and public policy
Source: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/style-guides/documents/twitter-guide-lse.pdf

6. Using Twitter in research
• Get relevant info, quickly
• Researching topics
• Disseminating contents
• Networking
• get to know a lot of great people whom I probably wouldn't have met otherwise
• Follow conference you can’t attend in person
Source: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/research/guides/management/twitter.htm?part=3

7. 10 commandments of Twitter use
1. Put up an avatar
2. Use a Twitter handle easy to spell/remember
3. Tweet regularly
4. Reply to people that tweet at you
5. Engage in conversation
6. Learn and use hashtags for your subject field/topic
7. Ask questions
8. Don't just post links to news articles
9. Do show your personality. Crack some jokes.
10. Have fun
Source: http://chronicle.com/article/10-Commandments-of-Twitter-for/131813/

8. Source:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialscienc
es/2012/05/18/who-gives-a-tweet-860-
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