How can political scientists make use of social media to support their research, engage students and build a reputation beyond the field? I tackled these opportunities in a short course at the 2011 meetings of the American Political Science Association. Find out more about the session, including a resource list, at http://alexlov.es/apsa2011
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Social Media for Political Scientists
1. Social Media for Political Scientists APSA 2011 Alexandra Samuel www.alexandrasamuel.com @awsamuel on Twitter Director Social + Interactive Media Centre Emily Carr University of Art + Design
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5. social media in the classroom Incredibly distracting Incredibly enriching
6. social media will make political scientists world-changing intellectual powerhouses 140-character mental midgets
Political scientists take to Twitter: http://twitter.com/drbekafigo
Sharing images from your research on Flickr.
Encourage students to adopt a Wikipedia topic/page and monitor it for errors. It’s a great way to engage them as participants in a knowledge community.
Monitoring your online conversations with HootSuite.
Track the backchannel tweets of the conference you’re at (or couldn’t attend), e.g. APSA: https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23APSA2011
Facebook can be a useful place for running professional communities of practice, but probably best for groups that want a personal connection or informal tone.
LinkedIn can help you find colleagues or research subjects by using trusted relationships to connect.
A LinkedIn search shows everyone at (or graduated from) a given university. (Tip: filter by “Company:CURRENT” to limit to people who are at the university now, and “Title:PROFESSOR” to just see faculty members.)
Participedia.org (this is a sneak peek at its future incarnation) is a global community for researchers interested in democratic innovation and participation.
The new Participedia will let you search cases by country and other characteristics.
Use Evernote to organize all your notetaking in one place.
Stop using your browser’s “favorites” and use delicious.com to store all your bookmarks online.
Use delicious to see what other people are bookmarking in your area(s) of research, and you’ll stay up-to-date on the latest must-reads.
Keep an eye out for people who are frequently bookmarking in the same area as you, and see what else they’ve stored that could be useful. Or reach out and say hi! This could be your next collaborator.
Choose a unique tag for your bookmarks on a given project and build a common resource library with your collaborators.
Use basecamp (http://basecamphq.com) to stay organized on complex projects with multiple collaborators.
Use Slideshare to share your lecture or conference presentations with colleagues and the public.
Build a wiki to share best practices in your university or field.
Use Zotero (a Firefox extension) or another bibliographic database to keep track of your sources and manage citations.