Why use social media as a scientist? Building an internet presence Broadcasting your research and activities Access to news and information Networking with peers Consuming, connecting, creating, and curating - See Osterrieder Plant Methods 2013, 9:26 http://www.plantmethods.com/content/9/1/26

1. Twitter and social media – why tweet?
Sophien Kamoun
http://KamounLab.net
@KamounLab

2. Why use social media as a scientist?
 Building an internet presence
 Broadcasting your research and activities
Access to news and information
 Networking with peers
 Consuming, connecting, creating, and curating
(Osterrieder Plant Methods 2013, 9:26)

3. Twitter is the most popular platform in science
 Open platform
 Easy to access through mobile devices
 Brevity (less than 140 characters)
 Links to longer photos, videos, documents etc.
 Powerful messaging tool
 Consuming, connecting, and creating

4. Twitter jargon
Twitter username/handle, e.g. @KamounLab
Tweeps: people who follow you
RT: ReTweet
MT: Modified Tweet
Hashtag, e.g. #MPMI2014
See Twitter Glossary: http://support.twitter.com/articles/166337-the-twitter-glossary

5. What do I tweet about?
 Broadcast about my lab and research
 Broadcast about stuff I come across that I find
interesting (science or anything else)
Reporting news and tidbits
 “Pearls of wisdom”
 #iamascientist

7. Curation: Scoopit and Storify
Tweets are transient and become tricky to retrieve
 Storify is a platform that enables archiving a
collection of tweets (and anything else)
 Ideal for conferences and discussions on specific
topics

8. Curation: Scoopit
 Another platform for curating internet information
 Curation is the future of the internet because of
the huge content creation, e.g. Best of Youtube
 The curator is an expert and thus is presumably
superior to automated curation platforms